http://jankcast.com A round table discussion podcast about gaming of all kinds. Mon, 21 May 2012 22:48:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 A round table discussion podcast about gaming of all kinds. The Jank Cast yes The Jank Cast feedback@jankcast.com feedback@jankcast.com (The Jank Cast) The Jank Cast Gaming, Roleplaying Games, Dungeons and Dragons, RPGs, http://jankcast.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Jank.jpg http://jankcast.com Chicago, Illinois Weekly http://jankcast.com/archives/1858 http://jankcast.com/archives/1858#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:12:56 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1858 http://jankcast.com/archives/1858/feed 5 Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode 127: Emergent Play On the cast we talk a lot about how detail about the characters, the world or the theme come out during play, what is called emergence. We take this episode to talk directly about that aspect of gaming. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/1846 http://jankcast.com/archives/1846#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:04:01 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1846 http://jankcast.com/archives/1846/feed 4 Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode 126: Ensemble Casts When gamers sit down around a table with a bunch of characters and start playing the game, the stories that come out of it can take a variety of different paths. With this in mind, we delve in to the nature of the ensemble cast, and what it means at the table: what characteristics and aspects come out, how do the character stories develop, and how different games handle different types of inter-PC relationships. The Jank Cast yes 1:29:57 http://jankcast.com/archives/1828 http://jankcast.com/archives/1828#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:05:51 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1828 http://jankcast.com/archives/1828/feed 3 Scott,Timo,Todd Episode 125: Co-operative Boardgames We talk about our favourite cooperative boardgames, and some of the design and play characteristics of these games The Jank Cast yes 1:15:30 http://jankcast.com/archives/1814 http://jankcast.com/archives/1814#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:37:38 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1814 http://jankcast.com/archives/1814/feed 5 Megan,Sushi Kebab Joe,Timo,Todd Episode 124: Triggering the Mechanics Deciding how and when the mechanical aspects of a game should be used can be a complex topic. Even with newer games providing clearer guidelines as to what should trigger mechanics, there's often a decision to do just that. We hijack this episode with a discussion of how that choice shakes down, and how different games provide different guidance and methodology The Jank Cast yes 1:23:46 http://jankcast.com/archives/1749 http://jankcast.com/archives/1749#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:35:39 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1749 http://jankcast.com/archives/1749/feed 2 Megan,Scott,Todd Episode 121: Character Arcs (Narrative Techniques) Character arcs are the overall flow of how a character develops during a story. These can be applied to gaming, but in the cast we find that the application can be problematic. We talk a lot about our AP of Apocalypse World, which can be found on our website or on our RSS feed. The Jank Cast yes 1:29:05 http://jankcast.com/archives/1736 http://jankcast.com/archives/1736#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:44:40 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1736 http://jankcast.com/archives/1736/feed 2 Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode 120: The 3 Act Structure (Narrative Techniques) Hosts: Todd, Megan, Scott, Timo What did we play (06:50) Jank on demand: Misspent Youth, Apocalypse World, Kagematsu, Murderous Ghosts Apocalypse World: Timo, Megan, Todd Ninjato: Megan, Scott Red Dragon Inn, Legend of Drizz't: Todd Magic the Gathering: Megan Gnomes of Zavandor: Scott Main topic: The 3 Act Structure (Narrative Techniques) (37:00) The 3 act structure is a commonly used format for organizing a work of fiction. We talk over how it applies to playing and running gaming sessions. Rants (01:15:08) Timo: I have a ridiculous new toy. Also, what's your evil computer of choice: GLaDOS or Hal? Todd: Keep your bullshit out of my brainstream. Scott: Well Done, Evil hat and Fred Hicks! Megan: My ex is a douchebag. Other Links: Drip Drop April Showers Maggot Twat Ascension: Storm of Souls Fleshlight 5th Edition It was a Mutual Decision Sorceror Call of Cthulhu Rule of Threes Del Close Fiasco (Harry Dresden Playset) Remember Tomorrow Trail of Cthulhu Zombie Cinema D&D Encounters Evil Hat Fred Hicks You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright under the creative commons license. You can find out more about us at jankcast.com. You can send comments and feedback to feedback@jankcast.com We are sponsored by Chicagoland Games, and encourage you to get in touch with us via our Facebook page, Spooky Outhouse Forum (it's a little quiet, but we'd love to get it going again), Twitter or Google+. Now go out and roll some dice! The Jank Cast yes 1:27:50 http://jankcast.com/archives/1733 http://jankcast.com/archives/1733#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:13:11 +0000 Todd http://jankcast.com/?p=1733 http://jankcast.com/archives/1733/feed 2 Joe,Megan,Timo,Todd Bonus AP: Apocalypse World Part 3 This is the next session of our AW game as another bonus AP. Enjoy! Or don't. The Jank Cast yes 2:51:02 http://jankcast.com/archives/1725 http://jankcast.com/archives/1725#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:26:50 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1725 http://jankcast.com/archives/1725/feed 2 Fuzzy,Megan,Scott,Todd Episode 119: Perspective (Narrative Techniques) Perspective is an interesting thing that affects how we view situations and scenarios. By playing with how things are described or revealed it's possible to highlight different aspects of the game in some pretty fascinating ways. The Jank Cast yes 1:36:08 http://jankcast.com/archives/1722 http://jankcast.com/archives/1722#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:27:34 +0000 Todd http://jankcast.com/?p=1722 http://jankcast.com/archives/1722/feed 2 Joe,Megan,Timo,Todd Players: Joe, Megan, Timo, Todd - We got some good feedback on the last AP, so we're going to keep posting more of them. Exciting! If you're just here for regular, old Janky-content, just hit delete on this and we'll have a regular episode for you on ... Players: Joe, Megan, Timo, Todd We got some good feedback on the last AP, so we're going to keep posting more of them. Exciting! If you're just here for regular, old Janky-content, just hit delete on this and we'll have a regular episode for you on schedule. Otherwise, enjoy this bonus episode and we'll keep the AP coming. The Jank Cast yes 1:48:18 http://jankcast.com/archives/1694 http://jankcast.com/archives/1694#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:47:30 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1694 http://jankcast.com/archives/1694/feed 0 Megan,Sushi Kebab Joe,Timo,Todd Actual Play 3: Apocalypse World - The Leviathan We recorded the third session of an ongoing game of Apocalypse world. The players are Megan, Timo, and Friend of the Cast (TM) Joe with Todd as the MC. A wiki for the game exists here: http://chicagoindiegaming.wikispaces.com/Apocalypse+World+-+The+Leviathan The Jank Cast yes 2:52:42 http://jankcast.com/archives/1685 http://jankcast.com/archives/1685#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:09:18 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1685 http://jankcast.com/archives/1685/feed 7 Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode 116: Year in Review Less serious topic: We just talk a little about the things that happened in gaming and with games this year including Kickstarter, the rise of our gaming advocacy, and the way convention games and gaming is changing. The Jank Cast yes 1:12:03 http://jankcast.com/archives/1674 http://jankcast.com/archives/1674#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:18:42 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1674 http://jankcast.com/archives/1674/feed 2 Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode 115: respecting stories. We believe that gaming is, at it's heart, communal story telling. Part of that is learning to be able to tell stories with others: To play nice, to listen and make other people's stories count, and be willing to let the game go where the game will go. We talk a little about our own techniques and experiences with trying to do this well with others, when it's succeeded or failed, and what we've learned about how it works for us. The Jank Cast yes 1:17:52 http://jankcast.com/archives/1671 http://jankcast.com/archives/1671#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:20:39 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1671 http://jankcast.com/archives/1671/feed 1 Megan,Timo,Todd Episode 114: janksgivinger In a departure from our usual stuffy material, we take the holiday to talk about things we're thankful for: mostly gaming related, but also just generally geekish. If you're looking for serious analysis and conversation, come back later, we're busy being happy. The Jank Cast yes 1:03:44 http://jankcast.com/archives/1662 http://jankcast.com/archives/1662#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:04:32 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1662 http://jankcast.com/archives/1662/feed 3 Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode 113: Pass the Paper There is a trend in games to have a core mechanic that creates a real thing: A map, a story, a written set of relationships. There's this interesting thing about having a real record, some object that comes out of the game that you can refer back to you. The Jank Cast yes 1:17:59 http://jankcast.com/archives/1652 http://jankcast.com/archives/1652#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:40:44 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1652 http://jankcast.com/archives/1652/feed 0 Megan,Sarah Lynne Bowman,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode 112: Gaming as Therapy Sometimes gaming can be a great therapeutic resource. The cast goes in to a conversation about how that looks and what drives that kind of play. We have on Sarah Lynne Bowman. Sarah received her PhD from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2008. McFarland press published her dissertation in 2010 under the title The Functions of Role-playing Games: How Participants Create Community, Solve Problems, and Explore Identity. Her current research focuses upon understanding social conflict within role-playing communities and applying Jungian theory to the phenomenon of character immersion. The Jank Cast yes 1:08:55 http://jankcast.com/archives/1642 http://jankcast.com/archives/1642#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:44:38 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1642 http://jankcast.com/archives/1642/feed 3 Megan,Timo,Todd Episode 111: Gaming as Social Commentary As part of playing an RPG strong themes of social commentary can come out: Discussions on Race, gender, social mores and conventions, all can become strong elements of a game. But how do you build towards such a thing, and what are the dangers of doing so? We talk about the role that Social commentary takes in gaming. The Jank Cast yes 1:15:05 http://jankcast.com/archives/1623 http://jankcast.com/archives/1623#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:33:15 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1623 http://jankcast.com/archives/1623/feed 8 Megan,Reek,Timo,Todd,Tom Episode 110: Playing to Socialise Part of the fun of gaming is not actually the game itself, but the hanging out with friends that it causes. Whether you are friends outside of the game, or get together just to do this particular thing, or barely know each other, there is a whole realm of interactions that the game is part of, but is not necessarily all about the game. As part of our "Why we game" series we talk about the socializing that goes on around and about the game. The Jank Cast yes 1:26:00 http://jankcast.com/archives/1617 http://jankcast.com/archives/1617#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:08:17 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1617 http://jankcast.com/archives/1617/feed 2 Megan,Rob,Timo,Todd Episode 109: Gaming for Exploration One of the reasons that gaming is so fun is that it allows us to ask "what if" questions, and to see what they lead to. In this second episode in the "Why we game" series we're doing, we talk about what we like to do in terms of exploration, what we look for, what it gives us and things we do that help or hinder our ability to really live out those thoughts. The Jank Cast yes 1:17:13 http://jankcast.com/archives/1609 http://jankcast.com/archives/1609#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:17:29 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1609 http://jankcast.com/archives/1609/feed 0 Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Playing for Escapism The first in our "Why we game" series, we talk about gaming as an act of escape or the chance to live vicariously. The Jank Cast yes 1:06:07 http://jankcast.com/archives/1597 http://jankcast.com/archives/1597#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:51:33 +0000 Todd http://jankcast.com/?p=1597 http://jankcast.com/archives/1597/feed 1 John,M-Riv,Paul,Tim,Todd,Tom Getting into gaming So this week we did something a little different: Todd did a cast with his group which started via school, several of whom weren't gamers until recently and the rest of whom hadn't gamed since high school. Most gaming podcasts, understandably, feature people who have been into the hobby for a long time. We thought it would be an interesting take to get to hear from some people who are brand new to the hobby or just got back into it after a decade or more away to get a somewhat different perspective on this little thing we call role-playing. Enjoy! The Jank Cast yes 49:52 http://jankcast.com/archives/1595 http://jankcast.com/archives/1595#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:00:58 +0000 Todd http://jankcast.com/?p=1595 http://jankcast.com/archives/1595/feed 2 Megan,Rob,Scott,Todd Relationships Between GMs and Players What is the relationship between player and player or player and GM? In this episode, we beat that horse to death with a bat and then kick it a few times. Take that, dead horse! The Jank Cast yes 1:16:31 http://jankcast.com/archives/1587 http://jankcast.com/archives/1587#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:20:41 +0000 Todd http://jankcast.com/?p=1587 http://jankcast.com/archives/1587/feed 6 Dave,Rob,Scott,Todd We're So Excited! There's a lot to be excited about in gaming, and in this episode, Dave, Rob, Scott, and Todd overflow with squee! We discuss Apocalypse World, Warmachine, Space Marine, Don't Rest Your Head, A Flower for Mara, Mouse Guard, Zombie Cinema, and Rob's parent's shaggin' wagon. Exciting, huh? The Jank Cast yes 1:34:15 http://jankcast.com/archives/1579 http://jankcast.com/archives/1579#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:08:48 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1579 http://jankcast.com/archives/1579/feed 5 Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd RP in a non-RP land After a brief interlude in which we talk about cats (they judge us so you can't) we talk about the intersection of role play and non-rpg games: boardgames, video games, miniatures. Even though these games are not inherently about roleplaying it can be fun to step in to the characters a little more and add some colour. What does it bring to a game to introduce RP, and why do we do it? The Jank Cast yes 1:12:58 http://jankcast.com/archives/1567 http://jankcast.com/archives/1567#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:46:25 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1567 http://jankcast.com/archives/1567/feed 10 Megan,Peter,Timo,Todd Gaming Advice and the Conversation on Gaming Timo read some interesting blog posts about the nature of the conversation about gaming after the explosion of Independent games and brought the conversation to the table. As part of that conversation we end up talking about the whole blowup that happened surrounding the rise of Forge Game theory and "System Matters." The conversation goes longer than usual, but we end up talking about the role of gaming advice and what character it takes. The Jank Cast yes 1:34:28 http://jankcast.com/archives/1536 http://jankcast.com/archives/1536#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:38:08 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1536 http://jankcast.com/archives/1536/feed 11 Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd RP at conventions With Gencon coming up, we continue in our series on gaming with people. We talk about some of the characteristics of playing games with strangers, the nature of the social contract in convention settings, and how our behaviours change due to the differing circumstances. The Jank Cast yes 1:14:11 http://jankcast.com/archives/1518 http://jankcast.com/archives/1518#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:31:38 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1518 http://jankcast.com/archives/1518/feed 3 Megan,Timo,Todd We discuss what makes a game broken, how you might break one, and why you might want to do that. Hosts: Timo, Todd, Megan Star Trek: Expeditions Yggdrasil Gurps Games By James Hero Quest Walden Books HMV White Wolf What did we play: (9:45) Megan & Timo: Badass Todd: Fiasco, Apocalypse World Self Critical Hits Magic: The Gathering (New Set pre-release) Double Dragon Bad Dudes Foxy Brown Shaft Black Dynamite Avenging Disco Godfather Fiasco: The Dragonslayers Playset Our conversation with Bully Pulpit Monty Python Serenity RPG Dragon Age RPG Fellowship of the Boobs Main topic: Breaking/Broken games (28:50) We love our broken games, but that doesn't mean they're perfect. And even the most well designed game can be broken, if you put your mind to it. It's fun to sometimes push the boundaries, to test the engine and see how it chugs along. We discuss some of the characteristics of broken games and the breaking of games, and how it's different from drifting rules. Traveller Rifts Gurps Palladium Ron Edwards Dungeons & Dragons Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit Shadowrun Agon 3:16 Vincent Baker Mechaton Amber RPG Nobilis Freemarket Hell4Leather Godlike Unhallowed Metropolis Dresden Files Lady Blackbird Rants (01:09:15) Megan: Players are awesome. Todd: Why the fuck was the road in to Evanston closed? Timo: I need to schedule more time with my friends. You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2011 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:16:03 http://jankcast.com/archives/1493 http://jankcast.com/archives/1493#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:18:07 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1493 http://jankcast.com/archives/1493/feed 5 Timo,Todd Todd and Timo have a sit down conversation about the characteristics of their gaming styles, and how such things can change gaming dynamics. Timo sent an email (22:35) Overt exposition through dialogue or description (23:30) Exposition to put questionable action in to context, i.e. it's the character, not me! (24:45) Pithy, witty dialogue (25:40) Our sorceror game as an example (27:55) Pulp Fiction exposition has a different feel (30:35) Timo is about the Big Moves (31:45) Subtlety in games: Todd's Dresden Files RPG experience (32:20) trying to understand why someone elses character does things (33:45) Past history: Call of cthulhu and doing SOMETHING (35:10) games designer around big moves: Fiasco, Shock, Sorceror, Apocalypse World (36:10) having to break up the action (37:45) Being bad at exploration (38:10) Other gamers: Megan plays grandiose, Tennessee Williams characters, Rob focuses on relationships, Charles plays harried "normal" people (39:20) What do you do with your aesthetic, and does it help to know about it? (42:23) When aesthetics don't work well together and the spectre of "Bad gamer." (42:55) Changing how you play (44:10) Immersive play: Graham Walmsley's Playing Dangerously (46:00) Running a game towards specific players (47:00) Same page tool, Baker's Rules of Immersion (49:00) The rocky road of Serenity. (53:15) Forcing the interaction as the GM (55:35) Apocalypse World 1st session to help get everybody on course (56:35) catching or grabbing the players attention: bang! (58:10) Speaking out loud to get it yourself (01:02:00) The Jank Cast yes 1:07:10 http://jankcast.com/archives/1474 http://jankcast.com/archives/1474#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:52:31 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1474 http://jankcast.com/archives/1474/feed 2 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Scott,Todd How does gaming relate to exploration of the human condition? Does it help, or hinder? Main topic: The Human Condition (18:05) Wikipedia definition (18:30) An intense and overbearing fear of death (19:55) Todd's first explorative experience (23:30) Stolen inspiration: Scott's buddhist character (26:10) Rob and Megan: players who explore via characters (27:30) Lexx: Playing up realism or the other (28:15) Diatribe against the spartans (29:20) Dragon Age racism (30:20) Do you set out to explore the human condition? (33:20) Layer and sublayer (35:00) Story and meaning (36:10) Genre Games provide more direction toward meaning (Battlestar Galactica, Usagi Yojimbo) (39:05) A dearth of positive things in gaming (love, hope, friendship) (40:20) Massaging the topic: back to good and bad game (44:00) Reality TV is the fascination with cruelty (46:00) When it's not: overcoming the challenges (48:00) Refusal to submit (49:30) Positive relationships, metagaming, and life (50:25) When fantasies come out (53:15) Learning things about others by accident (54:10) Rants (57:35) Lexx: We put up with much worse things in gaming than anywhere else. Why? JohnKelly: My show is about post-rapture survival Scott: If your game store offers open gaming, buy from that store. Todd: Didn't have one, so we rant about him instead. New Fiasco Playset, made by Megan and JohnKelly The Jank Cast yes 1:05:31 http://jankcast.com/archives/1455 http://jankcast.com/archives/1455#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:59:54 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1455 http://jankcast.com/archives/1455/feed 6 Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Everyone runs in to things while playing RPG's that frustrate the heck out of them. For this cast we identify some of the things that annoy us and how we deal with them. Main topic: Gamer Frustration (24:10) Railroading and how not to appear to railroad (25:00) GM inflexibility (26.20) When gaming resembles a point-and-click video game (29:15) Investigation/mystery games: Call of Cthulhu as an example (30:00) The three clue rule (30:35) Investigation games: care about the mystery/care about the characters (31:45) Illusionism can work (33:35) What Frustrates us: Timo: when nothing I do matters (34:00) Scott: when I can't trust the other players to respect/honour the game (37:50) Timo: Gamer Tourettes (38:50) Lexx: They keep playing my Arkham Horror. Why do they keep playing my Arkham. (39:50) Megan: Megan gotta make megan's mistakes (42:30) Omar on the throne (45:25) Todd: As a GM, the guy who derails the entire session (45:50) Overplanning for the coming challenge (46:20) Not knowing what to do as the GM (51:30) Not know what gaming is and thinking you do (54:05) Fellowship of the Boobs as an example of different play stuff (56:23) "What do you want me to do?" (58:00) How to get past the frustrations (59:40) Same page tool ftw (01:00:00) The Fiasco Companion (01:01:45) Rants (01:03:03) Todd: I'm fine with people and their crotches (except Wonder woman), but why do they text like a 13-year-old girls? Megan: I make as much money making balloon animals for a weekend as I do in the entire week. Scott: Why the fuck is Tanto Cuore a great game? Timo: Katniss Everdeen is just a little bit self indulgent. Just a wee bit. The Jank Cast yes 1:15:15 http://jankcast.com/archives/1446 http://jankcast.com/archives/1446#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:18:01 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1446 http://jankcast.com/archives/1446/feed 6 Megan,Scott,Todd We talk a little about that weird thing that one person has to do in most games: Gm. It's fraught with a lot of responsibilities and is treated differently in a bunch of different games. What do we see as the characteristics of the GM (or whatever h... We talk a little about that weird thing that one person has to do in most games: Gm. It's fraught with a lot of responsibilities and is treated differently in a bunch of different games. What do we see as the characteristics of the GM (or whatever his name might be), and how do they affect or guide the story at hand? Main topic: What is a GM (28:35) Playing games which spread the Gming among players makes Megan more willing to GM (29:15) GMing like you're a director not a storyteller (30:10) The fun ringleader (31:20) Name calling and what they imply: Dungeon Master, Games Master, Storyteller, Master of Ceremonies, the Authority, the Fool, and others (32:00) Break in action to discuss Lexx's HS football picture (34:10) Effective/defining things GM's do (35:35) Using film terminology: screenshots, montage ending in Fiasco, Zombie Cinema. (40:00) Scenes-based games: Misspent Youth (42:20) non-film descriptiveness (43:00) comic and cartoons: increased importance, increased detail a la Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics (44:00) Megan's living 1st ed game: what are good advice for new GM's? (48:15) The Authority in Misspent Youth is not very Gm-like (59:15) More authority the GM has, the more a player can focus on their character: Remember Tommorrow as an example (01:00:25) the stereotypes: Trad versus Story gaming (01:01:30) Last word from Scott: Gm is not God, God is one of the GM's NPC's (01:02:40) Rants (01:03:00) Scott: I'm very interested in characters because it's hard to find new stories. Megan: Let people play their own games. Todd: Fuck you, Vegas Wedding Planners. The Jank Cast yes 1:14:28 http://jankcast.com/archives/1441 http://jankcast.com/archives/1441#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 16:00:19 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1441 http://jankcast.com/archives/1441/feed 0 Dave,Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd A conversation on how this technique is applied and works in gaming Escalation is a technique used in lots of RPGs. Whether it's written in to the rules or used on the fly, it provides the ratcheting up of tension that makes games fun to play. We spend an hour discussing how this technique is used and what role it plays in games. The Jank Cast yes 1:06:41 http://jankcast.com/archives/1427 http://jankcast.com/archives/1427#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 22:10:48 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1427 http://jankcast.com/archives/1427/feed 7 JOHNKELLY,Megan,Robb,Scott,Todd We talk about bringing personal knowledge and skills in to play in a fun and fancy fashion. Fancy! The problem with playing people who you aren't is that you still keep being who you are. Slapbadger the thief likely doesn't know much about carpentry, but you probably took that class in high school as an excuse to get out of real work, and here you are having to make a table to put all your filthy loot on. In this episode we talk about how outside knowledge plays out in games, how it is brought in to game well as well as poorly. The Jank Cast yes 1:03:50 http://jankcast.com/archives/1395 http://jankcast.com/archives/1395#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 18:47:07 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1395 http://jankcast.com/archives/1395/feed 1 Megan,Scott,Todd Hosts: Todd, Megan, Scott - Banter: Home decor in the style of Jank. Todd's gettin' married by Elvis and Julius Ceaser. The best parts of weddings. Playboy is/was an awesome place to work. Dissection of episode 68 and turning things in to things. Hosts: Todd, Megan, Scott Banter: Home decor in the style of Jank. Todd's gettin' married by Elvis and Julius Ceaser. The best parts of weddings. Playboy is/was an awesome place to work. Dissection of episode 68 and turning things in to things. What did we play: (14:18) Scott: Hansa Teutonica, Mines of Zavandor Megan: 1st ed D&D living game (Level up!), Sorceror Todd: Defenders of the Realm, Sorceror, Vampire, Order and Chaos Online Talk about the Sorceror game for a bit.(20:27) Main topic: Character Death (25:14) Pushing meth on the party to save them (25:30) Death and creative agenda (26:45) Death in 4th edition (29:50) Reactions to character death (32:00) Dying in Dogs in the Vineyard is pretty damn rewarding (34:35) Choosing death without the roll: Annie's death in Unhallowed Metropolis. (38:45) Death coming out of risky/rewarding situations (43:00) Houseruling in "one cool thing." (44:00) Wil Wheaton's death on the Penny Arcade AP (45:15) Remembering the dead, making death matter (49:00) GM's and GMing the death (54:20) TPK (Total Party Kill) and who owns the game (58:45) Death in one-shot games: Fiasco, Hell 4 Leather, Zombie Cinema. (01:02:00) Dungeons & Dragons goblin game (01:03:25) Scotts favourite character ever came from meaningless death (01:04:30) Rants (01:05:45) Megan: Straight women are ruining drag. Scott: Telling my conservative southern family that I'm moving in with a gay Puerto Rican man 15 years younger than me will be awesome. Todd: In memoriam Evelyn Caruso. You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:11:29 http://jankcast.com/archives/1393 http://jankcast.com/archives/1393#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:17:22 +0000 Todd http://jankcast.com/?p=1393 http://jankcast.com/archives/1393/feed 4 Lexx,Todd Hosts: Lexx and Todd - For this episode, we were SUPPOSED to talk about character death with a full cast, but some people cancelled (coughMajdicough) and other people didn't show up (coughJohnKellycough). At first, Hosts: Lexx and Todd For this episode, we were SUPPOSED to talk about character death with a full cast, but some people cancelled (coughMajdicough) and other people didn't show up (coughJohnKellycough). At first, Lexx and Todd said "maybe we should just call it." Then they looked deep into each others eyes in the most manly of ways and realized that true heroes, real heroes, carry on no matter what. Like a couple of Vikings they went into battle, recording a full cast with just the two of them. Bards will sing of this heroic tale for generations, calling it "the greatest accomplishment ever by two humans." Too much? Yeah. Okay. Mostly it's just Lexx and me shooting the shit about the current games we're playing. If that sounds interesting to you, listen and enjoy, if it doesn't, we'll be back next week with a full cast episode. One show note: The Same Page Tool which we were recommended to by our friends and compadres over at The Walking Eye. You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/1369 http://jankcast.com/archives/1369#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:56:34 +0000 Todd http://jankcast.com/?p=1369 http://jankcast.com/archives/1369/feed 2 Cass,Courtney,JOHNKELLY,Majdi,Todd The Love Cast is a little old place where we can get together. - Love Cast, baby. - Hosts: Cass, Courtney, Famous Game Designer Majdi Badri, JOHNKELLY, Todd Bumper: Chair in your pocket/giant bird - Banter: Chair in your pocket, cont. The Love Cast is a little old place where we can get together. Love Cast, baby. Hosts: Cass, Courtney, Famous Game Designer Majdi Badri, JOHNKELLY, Todd Bumper: Chair in your pocket/giant bird Banter: Chair in your pocket, cont.  JohnKelly doesn't get a free donut.  Todd is a liar and JohnKelly is a drunk.  Majdi bought Clue.  Star Wars Guess Who.  Star Wars 3D.  Captain EO/Courtney Likes Disney/Disney Hall in 3D/Closet Adventures (we're on a roll!).   Courtney doesn't want to be here and thinks Majdi and JohnKelly are assholes (Todd is making this up).   Majdi's ladyfriend may or may not exist.  Majdi is THE INFEKTOR!  Famous Game Designer Majdi Badri's next game will be "Dr. Touchem."  Max Cadwell.  Peter is confused.  Courtney wonders why Courtney has a microphone.  Toddworth. What did we play this week? JohnKelly: Nothing, because Matt is stupid. Famous Game Designer Majdi Badri: Pathfinder Todd: Sorcerer and Vampire Courtney: Battleheart Cass: Nothing (but D&D is coming up) Topic: Gaming with significant others. How has Famous Game Designer Majdi Badri tricked his ladyfriends into gaming? Courtney likes to levelgrind so JohnKelly suggests 316. Make your significant other comfortable if you want them to game with you. A spoonful of booze makes the game go down. Magic + Logic = A whole different game. Collaborative boardgames. Nerdy media = nerdy gamers. Forbidden Island, the game to sucker your significant other into gaming with. Problems with gaming with a significant other: myth or reality? Rants: Courtney and Todd: Your friends suddenly turn conservative when you get old/No grades = no grammar. JOHNKELLY: Columbia College, Under the Bus. Cass: Dunkin Donuts doesn't have turkey sausage, but says it does.  Jerks. Majdi: No Angry Birds in the dark. You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2011 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/1361 http://jankcast.com/archives/1361#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:27:33 +0000 Todd http://jankcast.com/?p=1361 http://jankcast.com/archives/1361/feed 3 JOHNKELLY,Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Hosts: JohnKelly, Megan, Scott, Timo, Todd - Today, in response to the Walking Eye's recent episode on rules drifting, we tackle the subject. I won't say we did it better, but our cast definitely had 100% more of Scott's mustache. - Bumper: Timo. Hosts: JohnKelly, Megan, Scott, Timo, Todd Today, in response to the Walking Eye's recent episode on rules drifting, we tackle the subject. I won't say we did it better, but our cast definitely had 100% more of Scott's mustache. Bumper: Timo. What a maroon. Banter: Timo is late. Megan's show. Todd gets internet yelled at. Super Sweet 16 sucks. Bobcat Godthwait will kill those girls in a movie. Birthdays. We make fun of Timo more. JohnKelly does a surprisingly good impression of him. Can we edit Timo into the cast from older casts? Scott's mustache of power (aka, the SLEAZSTACHE). What did we play? Megan: Magic, Lady Blackbird, Nightfall JohnKelly: Fiasco (but wrong) Scott: Battletech Todd: Lady Blackbird, Serenity Timo: Lady Blackbird Topic: Topic, topic, topic, topic, topic. Where were we? Oh yeah. Rules and house rules. We are in dialogue with the Walking Eye who did a convo on drifting the rules with Ryan Macklin, John Wick, the awesomely named Eddy Webb, and our arch-nemesis WEIIIIIIIIISEEEEEEERRRR! What is a rule? Mechanics? Advice? Social contract? All three? Anything in the book, including "the" and "and" is a rule. Also- don't be a dick. You have drifted the rules, which is 100% okay, if you change the setting. We get a little glimpse into JohnKelly's psyche. The Golden Rule- Change what you want. Todd didn't know that West Side Story is based on Romeo and Juliet. But he did. He's lying. No one seems to care if people drift rules. Does everyone do it? Does it make a difference if you're playing a "trad game" or an "indie game"? Why drift the rules in Lady Blackbird, for example? Shouldn't you give them game a try the way it is? Todd wants to know if a game is broken. JohnKelly thinks you can't mess up Call of Cthulhu. What can you mess up? Does anyone run D&D with the rules totally straight? It's always combat that gets drifted, isn't it? Slowing the game down. Is it momentum or time we're worried about? Narrative and mechanics coming together, for example, Dogs in the Vineyard. If you can drift the rules and not affect the narrative at all, what does this mean? Role-playing is, in effect, a drift. Transparency. Why wouldn't anyone change the grapple rules? To demonstrate this, Scott grapples JohnKelly. Run it as right as you can, first, then change it. Rules are there for a reason. If you're drifting the rules of a game, there's probably a different game you can play that would do what you want it to do. Go buy it. Two comes after one. Rants: Megan: Magic! Know your audience. Timo got rid of his TV for free. What's wrong with America? JohnKelly: Gary Gygax tells you what to do from the afterlife. Todd: Fuck Terry Jones. Seriously. Scott: Condolences to Jolly Blackburn's family. See below. Auction for Jolly's Family Cosplay for a Cause at Pressure! You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2011 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/1333 http://jankcast.com/archives/1333#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:55:56 +0000 Todd http://jankcast.com/?p=1333 http://jankcast.com/archives/1333/feed 7 Reek,Rob,Timo,Todd Hosts: Reek, Rob, Timo, Todd - We start out talking about when you're playing a game where the "party" isn't a "party," so to speak. This shifts to a discussion about how system fits into this along with how a balance of character goals vs. Hosts: Reek, Rob, Timo, Todd We start out talking about when you're playing a game where the "party" isn't a "party," so to speak. This shifts to a discussion about how system fits into this along with how a balance of character goals vs. group goals shape this. Also: Canada. Shhhhhhhhnotes: Bumper: OH CANADA! Banter: Todd resealed his Dunkin' Donuts coffee. This makes sense because of, you know, filth. Toilet propaganda: know your system, know yourself. Somehow we get talking about something being broken and RPG karaoke. I have no idea what this is all about. The Jank Cast hasn't jumped the shark, but we're definitely Chasin' Steve. Finnish people have issues with women. Black Metal. Scandinavians hate each other. The Z-axis of comedy. What we played: Ticket to Ride Dixit Jewish Apples to Apples Dragon Age II Serenity Tangent: Peepsville. Topic: Games where the characters aren't a "party." Does a game's mechanics drive your towards party play or non-party play? We say some games do. For example: Fiasco, Shock, and The Mist-Robed Gate drive you away from party play with their conflict/audience mechanics. Story-telling vs. Task oriented gaming? Social norms around the table: are you the audience if your not "in scene?" Human Contact- Coming out soon! Remember Tomorrow: a task oriented game where you're probably not a party. Timo has a threeway with Pluto and Pluto (the dog and the planet, respectively). Timo doesn't like Gwenyth Paltrow. Reek doesn't either, apparently. Why are we mad about Gwenyth Paltrow? Who knows. The Wire is character driven storygaming. Does the game need you to have a "balanced party" and shared goals or not? D&D often does. Zombie Cinema? In a Wicked Age? Not so much. Apocalypse World and creating PC-NPC-PC triangles. Dogs in the Vineyard, too. Vincent Baker is good at this. Reek loves Vincent Baker but doesn't want to admit it, so he decides he has a new enemy. BAKER! We discuss definitions of sexuality and Reek attempts to be a gentleman in front of a lady, for a change. Todd says "rim planet" and all hell breaks loose. It takes Reek two minutes to contain himself. What do people expect from the game? How do you give it to them? Canada: The RPG. Rob, painted in blood, chasing people with a machete. NOW THE HUNT BEGINS! Rules again: what do they let you do as far as attacking someone, talking to someone, etc. Does a system give you the freedom to do exactly what you want with your character narratively, or are you shackled to realism? Fiasco lets you do whatever you want. Godlike didn't. How do you GM a character driven game? In the same way you play a character as a PC. Lady Blackbird as a great example of a game that lets you decide the fate of your character. Static relationships vs. dynamic relationships. Is this a result of having an external goal? Sorcerer: goals that don't intersect at all. This allows you to create dramatic irony at the table. We become more convinced this is all about how much the group has a goal which unites them vs. how much the individual characters have conflicting goals. Party games are fun, rewarding, and you can do awesome character stuff in them. That's not the issue. Rants: Timo: Try a new game, people! Rob: Interviews suck. Reek: Carrie. Todd: Fuck plate tectonics. Also: wait a few minutes before you start making the bad jokes about tragedy. Assholes. Donate to the Red Cross by texting REDCROSS to 90999. You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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, The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/1316 http://jankcast.com/archives/1316#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:17:05 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1316 http://jankcast.com/archives/1316/feed 4 JOHNKELLY,Megan,Reek,Todd Hosts: Megan, Todd, Reek, JohnKelly - In this episode, we discuss how to manage your work/gaming balance. And Megan is tired. Very, very tired. - Show Notes: Banter: The worst show ever. LOOK AT MY TEXT!!! OH MY GOD!!!! We're tired. Hosts: Megan, Todd, Reek, JohnKelly In this episode, we discuss how to manage your work/gaming balance. And Megan is tired. Very, very tired. Show Notes: Banter: The worst show ever. LOOK AT MY TEXT!!! OH MY GOD!!!! We're tired. Todd's ladyfriend's parents are in town and he's too embarrassed to introduce them to the people on the cast. The other "Megan Pedersen" gets thrown under the bus. What Games Did We Play? (10:10): We finished up Godlike. The less we used the mechanic, the better it was. Greg Stolze agrees, interestingly enough. 12:30- THE SNEEZE! The other Spider Man Musical. Kickstarter.com is a thing. The Robocop Statue. In the future... there will be Huck Finn. Main Topic: Work/Game balance (19:00) Todd Doesn't have time to do high prep GMing anymore. Neither does JohnKelly (so he just doesn't GM). Work never ends for most of us so we have to schedule fun around work. We almost never miss the weekly game, even when we're busy. Reek's life. Beefquest. Tangent: Steven Tyler sucks hard. JohnKelly wants to do one game a week, at least. Gaming to escape? Gaming as a creative outlet? Do you want to get something out of gaming that you don't get out of work? Megan is highbrow. What does "escapist" mean? Are we really trying to "escape" from work? "Gaming with Strangers." Rants! (51:30) Todd: A Public Service Announcement Megan: Bad student interview Reek: All work and no play makes Reek a something something JohnKelly- Drive Angry (what Todd's friend Marnie calls "NIXSPLOITATION!"). Nicolas Cage flips his shit! You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:05:51 http://jankcast.com/archives/1302 http://jankcast.com/archives/1302#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:51:25 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1302 http://jankcast.com/archives/1302/feed 0 Charles,Megan,Reek,Rob,Timo,Todd Hosts: Megan, Todd, Reek, Rob, Charles, Timo - Gaming and theme are an interesting thing: It may or may not be a thing that is strongly expressed, desired or even present. But what role it takes in game play and how it affects the game and the playe... Hosts: Megan, Todd, Reek, Rob, Charles, Timo Gaming and theme are an interesting thing: It may or may not be a thing that is strongly expressed, desired or even present. But what role it takes in game play and how it affects the game and the players is an interesting topic, and one that we try to address with some breadth and depth. We may or may not succeed: We might just end up punning. It will be upon you to find out. Word of warning, the quality is a little poorer with this one simply because we did not have our microphones and were using a laptop microphone. Also we eat some delicious delicious food as we cast. Behold, our majesty! Banter: Themeless writing, we realise we're bantering, We then turn what we played in to big discussion of creative agenda kind of stuff. What we played this week (3:50) Megan: Godlike, Magic:The Gathering, Mansions of Madness Todd: Arkham Horror, Serenity Main topic: Theme (21:59) Vincent Baker's post on Anyway (22:10) Misspent Youth has theme, issues, situation (24:10) Choice leads to theme: preconceived theme a la Darths and Droids (25:50) Gaming to affirm a theme (28:50) Character theme or leitmotifs (30:40) interplay between personal and overarching theme (33:00) Is it worthwhile to force a common theme? (35:45) The Wire as an example of changing theme(37:00) Different medias express theme differently (38:40) Do players (not characters) have themes? (40:30) Theme of our Apocalypse World game (43:30) Looking for theme in gaming is rough (45:40) So what's the point of theme in gaming? (48:00) System working with and against theme (49:30) Gaming is not a genre (aka Todd throws down some big words) (52:15) George Polti, gaming as communal storytelling (54:15) Rob lays down the etymological knowledge (55:35) Rants (57:00) Reek: No homo? what the fuck? Todd: Being asked for autographs is an aweful experience. Megan: Come up with a signature (Behold the Ravening Maw!), Megan is coming down to Kansas Rob: I don't rant, I'm Canadian Charles and Akure don't like to rant, but they make awesome hosts Timo: What's wrong with my hair? interposed stories about the neighbours sexlife, why isn't there more bird-of-prey sex? You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:11:27 http://jankcast.com/archives/1296 http://jankcast.com/archives/1296#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:51:59 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1296 http://jankcast.com/archives/1296/feed 0 Megan,Reek,Scott,Todd Hosts: Scott, Megan, Reek, Todd - In which we discuss Doctor Who and how it may relate to gaming. We'll do this sort of thing from now on. Spoiler alert: there are spoilers! You've been warned. - 1:06- Oh yeah? Why don't you go blog about it? Hosts: Scott, Megan, Reek, Todd In which we discuss Doctor Who and how it may relate to gaming. We'll do this sort of thing from now on. Spoiler alert: there are spoilers! You've been warned. 1:06- Oh yeah? Why don't you go blog about it? 2:30- Facebook v. Boobs. 4:23- Welcome to the Jank Cast! It's the Doctor Who cast and JohnKelly didn't show up, even though it was his idea. We make-a-the-jokes. 5:00- Show might be a little loud because of a store event. We'll post the 12 hours of actual play. 5:30- What'd we play? UMLAUT: THE GAME OF METAL!!! How do you play a whole band? 6:55- Min-maxing your band: Raw Black Metal bands are hosed! 10:45- Megan played Magic: the Slouching. 11:10- Serenity. We need to talk. Everyone's character is too damn libertarian. 12:24- HOORAY FOR PLAYING GAMEZ!!!!!! 12:30- Talking about Doctor Who. Todd whistles the Doctor Who theme. Why does no one stop him? Insert Tardis Noise here. Todd doesn't. 13:00- Kicking off a new series: nerdy media and what we can learn about gaming from it. 13:40- John Kelly is the voice of a new generation. At least according to his superfan. Shout out to JK's superfan: what's up, dude? 14:20- The Doctor Who Roleplaying Game- good gateway game. 15:00- Primeval game? Neat. 15:10- Megan is watching every Doctor Who episode she can from the beginning. Hey, look at all the retconing! 17:25- Consistent World vs. Character Dramady? 18:30- Megan likes the episodes where The Doctor goes to random historical locations. 19:00- Joe doesn't like Doctor Who because shit ain't real. 20:40- The Doctor teaches us how to do good character moments. 21:20- Megan don't like time-travel. In Doctor Who it's a MacGuffin, though. 23:08- "I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry." 24:30- Relationships between aliens and humans: similar, or different? Scott thinks humans are pets. Porno for Pyros agrees. NINETIES FTW! 25:40- Alien morality < human morality. 27:05- How do you use power? 27:20- Humans shouldn't be able to make decisions. 28:28- When you don't get your props it can be romantic. Huh? 29:00- Choices have consequences. 30:05- The Whoniverse is atheist, and thus takes life experiences very seriously. 31:45- Pregnancy in L5R 33:10- Favorite companion? Martha Jones. Obviously. 34:45- Doctor Who villains. Single minded, non-human logic. Delicious. 41:45- Permanence and consequences. Heavy, man. 43:25- Doctor Who isn't atheistic, it's agnostic. Because he's space Jesus. 46:15- Kids don't get Doctor Who (because they're dumb). 47:35- WHERE DOES THE STUFF BLOW UP????!!!?!!?! 48:15- The glory of MAGGOT TWAT!!! Rants: Scott is taking Chicago's bad weather to China. Megan: in the internet, everyone can hear you scream. And, while we're at it, what's up with video games with no light? And water. Reek: Role playing a non-human (the old people make Noid jokes). Also- Furry Metal Jacket. Todd: This rant goes out to my grandma. Much love. The Jank Cast yes 57:27 http://jankcast.com/archives/1258 http://jankcast.com/archives/1258#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:51:36 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1258 http://jankcast.com/archives/1258/feed 4 Megan,Scott,Sushi Kebab Joe,Todd Hosts: Megan, Joe, Todd, Scott, JOHNKELLY - This cast we talk about the returners, the prodigals, the once-and-now-again: Born again gamers. There's a whole subsection of gamers who gamed once upon a when, disappeared, and returned back to the hobby. Hosts: Megan, Joe, Todd, Scott, JOHNKELLY This cast we talk about the returners, the prodigals, the once-and-now-again: Born again gamers. There's a whole subsection of gamers who gamed once upon a when, disappeared, and returned back to the hobby. We talk about being a born again gamer and what brings people back to the game. Banter: Back on topic, Crazy Joe and the Sound of Cooking, why not punch a fire?, a little about the real Joe. What we played this week (6:50) Godlike (Todd, Megan) Civilization Boardgame (Megan) Descent (Scott) Call of Cthulhu (Scott) Dawg (Scott, Todd, Megan) Serenity (Todd) Forbidden Island (Todd) Defenders of the Realm (Todd) S/lay W/me (Joe) Main topic: Born again Gamers (14:55) Times away: Todd (8) Megan (15) Joe (10) Megan: Theatre stole my soul, but I dun took it back (16:50) Listening to podcasts from the middle ages got me back in (Critical Hits, Major Spoilers) (18:30) (Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks, The Elfish Gene) (21:45) Joe: Paying off the student loans, frustration with the games. (24:30) Finding new games that sounded more better (25:44) Todd was broked! (27:00) Video games showed me the path back (31:15) Losing your group can be the death knell (34:20) Scott: breaking in to a new game group (36:00) Revisiting the books (37:22) JOHNKELLY interrupts(40:00) Joe's presidency (40:15) The addiction creeps up on you. (41:00) Gamer Missionaries (42:35) Todd gets all sociological, and then shuts JOHNKELLY the fuck down (DAMN!) (43:32) Todd is embarrassed by his shows (44:50) If I'm not going to game now, then when? (Scott is no longer the oldest on the cast!) (46:00) Sociology thing: Identity used to come from more stable things (36:40) Giving yourself permission to be nerdy (48:55) Identity is what you're in to, not so much the things you do (50:00) Adults of leisure (52:45) The bubbling! (54:20) When I grow up: not such a hot idea anymore (55:35) This is across hobbies (ravelry, Stich it!) (58:30) Trying to stay near the game (1:01:30) Rants (01:03:43) JOHNKELLY: Cityscape is one of the best 3.5 books ever Scott: Mechwarrior is ridiculously crunchy (but my fun is solid) Todd: The Godlike you touch me in weird places Megan: Epic Win is the best thing EVER. Joe: There are too many good games. RETURN OF THE BUBBLING!!!! (01:12:15) You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:13:43 http://jankcast.com/archives/1242 http://jankcast.com/archives/1242#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:07:09 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1242 http://jankcast.com/archives/1242/feed 4 Lexx,Reek,Scott,Timo,Todd Hosts: Timo, Scott, Lexx, Todd, Reek - Religion is a serious part of peoples lives. A system of belief and faith is one of the pillars of strength that we rely on to be at peace with our world. So what better than to have some atheists, non-believers, Hosts: Timo, Scott, Lexx, Todd, Reek Religion is a serious part of peoples lives. A system of belief and faith is one of the pillars of strength that we rely on to be at peace with our world. So what better than to have some atheists, non-believers, and non-practicers talk about it for an hour as if they have any fucking idea what they're talking about? Am I right? We indulge in a discussion of the unknown. Between Lexx and Timo, some offensive things might get said if you are a person of faith. You have been warned. Banter: Disclaimer, How Timo taught himself not to laugh (and is a giant weepy ball of emo), Community plays D&D, D&D isn't as nerdy as we think it is, Lexx is worried about the age of the Nerd will end badly, beard beard beard. Main topic: Religion and Gaming (4:40) Disclaimer part 2 (5:17) Atheism as an excuse (Lexx hates intellectual laziness) (7:40) Do gamers tend to be secular? (8:50) Gaming when those around you are concerned/upset about it (9:40) Why gaming gets seen as religiously acceptable (15:00) Timo gets real offensive despite trying REALLY HARD not to be (he's just that good) (17:00) Gaming with a religious/cultural agenda (18:40) Religion in gaming: Testament, Second Sight (Timo actually meant (Seventh Seal), Dogs in the Vineyard (20:50) Religion in games as fear (25:05) Reek says: Fanaticism (26:05) Clerics without religion: making religion important in a game (27:05) The absence of complex motivation (Morally Therapeutic Deism) (34:00) The structure of belief (36:00) Individuals and the structures (40:00) PCs and mutual reinforcement (44:25) This conversation makes for good game (45:11) Gray games vs Black and White. See also character drama vs adventure (46:30) Problems with players beliefs in game (50:20) Belief in imagined space (Timo offensiveness part 2) (51:20) Culture more than religion: passing all experience through a religious filter (53:15) Dragons without magic from the Podge Cast vs Star Wars (56:45) Final points (57:30) Rants (58:38) Todd: Fortune Cookie Timo: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. Scott: City folk amaze me Lexx: Gamer diets Reek: Bicycles, sobering up, the clothes rack, I want my broom back, Allure magazine, you'll go deaf like you did. WWJD? You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:09:26 http://jankcast.com/archives/1208 http://jankcast.com/archives/1208#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:01:24 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1208 http://jankcast.com/archives/1208/feed 6 Charles,Megan,Rob,Timo,Todd Hosts: Todd, Megan, Timo, Charles, Rob - In this review episode we discuss the latest game from Vincent Baker. Using our own gaming experience as example we talk about what it's like to play this game and some of the intricacies of this immersion-cen... Hosts: Todd, Megan, Timo, Charles, Rob In this review episode we discuss the latest game from Vincent Baker. Using our own gaming experience as example we talk about what it's like to play this game and some of the intricacies of this immersion-centered game. Holiday Note I've mentioned Epimas, and I'll mention it again: Spearheaded by Epidiah Ravachol a number of independent RPG designers have gotten together and offered RPG bundles for the holidays, including one that has Apocalypse World (See? We tie in, yo!). Buy someone a bundle of games as PDF's, and you yourself get PDF copies of the same games. It's gaming for everyone, but only through the 24th so hurry hurry! Banter: The hitchhikers guide as an AW game. (0:50) Review: Apocalypse World (01:20) Todd's longest campaign evar! (02:50) Ending the game (03:15) Apocalypse world... is post apocalyptic (Gasp, Horror) and setting without specifics (04:25) The first session starts setting the specifics of the world (05:50) Mechanics are about the colour of the setting (07:15) Scarcity (08:00) Prompting (08:20) Who we played (09:10) Leveraging restriction in order to get freedom (10:50) Moves and stat highlighting encourage types of behaviour but don't limit what you can do (14:00) Improvement is not linked to success, just to action (17:30) Hx (18:30) Improving/changing by taking different moves (21:05) NPC's in PC mechanics (23:00) Chopper and his gang versus a Harholder and his holding or a Hocus and her followers (24:40) Memorable scenes: Todd: Midnight talking to her brother Ghost (27:30) Rob: Tork and his synesthesia (Opening his brain to the Psychic maelstrom) (28:55) Charles: Raf delivered Torks child (34:15) Timo: The shootout at the infirmary (how loveletters lead to awesomeness) (37:00) Megan: Silver taking definitive action by trading a pipe organ for safety (39:40) The game thrives on players making hard moves and not playing safe (42:15) Succeed or fail, awesome shit is going to happen (43:20) Moves from the MC's perspective and the dice rolls (47:25) Love and hate for characters: Playing the NPCs (50:00) Just doing what the PC's want to do (53:15) Keeping world details from the MC can be rewarding, but it's dangerous: Helping immersion and keeping the world real. (55:00) The Hx really informs the PC interactions (01:00:30) The sex thing (the online discussion)(01:01:50) Making the world intertwine (01:08:10) Hacking the game for different settings: Fingers on the Firmament (01:09:35) The Jank Cast yes 1:14:25 http://jankcast.com/archives/1215 http://jankcast.com/archives/1215#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:00:03 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1215 http://jankcast.com/archives/1215/feed 8 Lexx,Megan,Pro-Champion (Mike),Scott,Timo,Todd Hosts: Todd, Megan, Mike, Lexx, Scott, Timo - We meander on and about the topic of games and gaming set in the future. It takes us a hell of a long time, but we eventually get to the topic. We then lose that topic in time and space, Hosts: Todd, Megan, Mike, Lexx, Scott, Timo We meander on and about the topic of games and gaming set in the future. It takes us a hell of a long time, but we eventually get to the topic. We then lose that topic in time and space, but we get it back eventually. The conversation get's a little confused and nebulous at times, but we try to make some sense of the topic let alone our own blather. Banter: Timo has large ears and had a mullet (which leads to more on hair), Blood on the mic, Megan is emasculating us every time, Timo's sweater has accessory problems, we have a big board now, different measures of distance, the dice roll, rolling behind the screen (and we draw the lines yet again for no reason), why doesn't anyone want to kick JohnKelly in the nuts, Pro-champion, John Kelly and Elijah, we get compassionate about the homeless, space-hobo's, new segment: Where did Mike sleep last night (1:02) Main topic: Futuristic Gaming (16:54) Futuristic tropes (The prog rock album) (17:15) Games that start "x time from right now:" Remember Tomorrow, Bliss Stage (19:10) We degrade back to blather: this time being mean to kids and how bullying helps make people better. (21:50) Topic returns: talking about class structure through futuristic settings (30:45) Being able to deal with our societal discomforts via a fictional medium (33:35) Talking about now by making a particular point stark (Todd is a fictional racist) (36:04) Ron Edwards Justifiers game (38:50) Future games from the 80's are the ones doing well now (Shadowrun, post-apocalyptic settings, blade runner) (39:50) Established and nostalgic (41:35) Characteristics of the future as seen from different decades (Star Trek) (43:20) The future doesn't last: Bro's in space (44:44) Transhumanism: Eugenics onwards (47:05) Horror is fear of the unknown, Science fiction can be fear of the known (and hope as the counter) (48:50) Prevalence of "organic == human" (50:05) Freemarket as a counter example (45:45) Futuristic games as the future without commentary (53:15) Game/setting design: asking the question and not answering it (54:25) We finally get around to explaining what Freemarket actually is (55:10) What is meant by unanswered questions (we disagree) (58:00) How this works with defined settings (Shock, Freemarket, Misspent Youth) (01:03:05) Recent futuristic games: Dark Heresy, Eclipse Phase, Cthulhu tech (01:06:20) Advancing epochs in game settings (Fireborn, Wild Talents and Godlike), the Trinity Universe (01:07:45) Psionics (01:09:45) Sci-fi versus future fantasy (Lexx's beard) (01:10:28) Buckets get kicked (01:13:13) Star Wars as an example (01:14:48) Why the fuck do we need a definition? (01:17:02) We try to make a point. I'm not sure we do (01:21:34) Rants Scott: Bringing the nephew in to the RPG fold. Lexx: Delay mechanics are fucking stupid. Mike: Our modern military is scarily effective. Megan: Don't bullshit me, if you don't want to see my show then just tell me. Todd: Seriously, Jank Cast, just shut the hell up. Timo: Just can't follow Todd up. You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:37:18 http://jankcast.com/archives/1193 http://jankcast.com/archives/1193#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:58:50 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1193 http://jankcast.com/archives/1193/feed 8 Chuck,JOHNKELLY,Megan,Pro-Champion (Mike),Timo,Todd Hosts: Megan, Timo, Todd, JohnKelly - Hello all you mad listening fools. This weeks podcast is filled with irreverent humour and madness, plus some occasionally begrudging thanks and good cheer. As such, no show notes, just enjoy the chaos. - Hosts: Megan, Timo, Todd, JohnKelly Hello all you mad listening fools. This weeks podcast is filled with irreverent humour and madness, plus some occasionally begrudging thanks and good cheer. As such, no show notes, just enjoy the chaos. You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:14:19 http://jankcast.com/archives/1187 http://jankcast.com/archives/1187#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:03:03 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1187 http://jankcast.com/archives/1187/feed 1 Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Hosts: Megan, Timo, Todd, Scott - Banter: The Clone Wars were the best part of 1-3, how religions start, Plinkett reviews, Natalie Portman or George Lucas: whos fault is it?, Bambi and biscuits, Timo's S&M fish relationship, Hosts: Megan, Timo, Todd, Scott Banter: The Clone Wars were the best part of 1-3, how religions start, Plinkett reviews, Natalie Portman or George Lucas: whos fault is it?, Bambi and biscuits, Timo's S&M fish relationship, Brilliant Gameologists are truth-knowing, Janksgiving and puns (1:10) Main topic: Characters (14:48) Fuck you darth wannabees! (15:20) How the conversation started (15:35) Differentiating between characters (the example of Charles) (16:00) Helping others at the table differentiate between characters (17:35) Apocalypse World NPC's: finding a voice to get a face (18:15) Scott's non-voice acting and his L5R technique (21:25) Improv technique: lead with your body (the jankcast drinking game) (24:00) Using a voice to create a character (25:35) Props and their use: Rob's really good at it (Timo's a panda!) (27:30) When you're in character versus just narrating, body language, and the animals in pants (29:15) Body language when you're just sitting there (30:50) Taking 3rd person to distance character from player (gamer dysfunction at work) (32:20) No more secret impregnations (34:50) Very real, natural characters (35:20) Ticks and habits (36:55) The southern accent is the voice ghetto (38:35) Chaim: playing old and doddering (41:00) Using photo reference (42:50) Name an actress (Portia De Rossi) (44:35) Drawing from people (Rachel Maddow, Lindsay Weir from Freaks & Geeks, Annie Oakley, Pearl Hart, Calamity Jane on Deadwood) (45:50) Letting the character create themselves (47:40) Having character ticks fail (49:00) Playing the asshole (51:15) Fighter in a box and how you don't always need this (52:45) Trouble finding the character in Dark Sun (55:00) Choosing your answers in video games (56:15) Rants (57:36) Todd: I'm sick only once a year, being half the year Megan: Hey Megan, stop eating donuts in to the microphone. Bonus rant about JohnKelly speaking (He's Octodad!). Timo: I've deliberately picked up a card addiction, and the fight is hard. Scott: Timo, we can help you with your DM bad touch. You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:06:01 http://jankcast.com/archives/1154 http://jankcast.com/archives/1154#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:58:27 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1154 http://jankcast.com/archives/1154/feed 11 JOHNKELLY,Megan,Rob,Scott,Todd Hosts: Megan, JohnKelly, Todd, Rob, Scott - Banter: Playing our fiasco, Remember Tommorrow and GMful play, respecting and welcoming other players, hive mind gaming (01:15) - Main topic: International Gaming (11:15) Welcome back Scott Hosts: Megan, JohnKelly, Todd, Rob, Scott Banter: Playing our fiasco, Remember Tommorrow and GMful play, respecting and welcoming other players, hive mind gaming (01:15) Main topic: International Gaming (11:15) Welcome back Scott John Kelly is no longer a gamer. True story. (11:50) Todd's ladyfriend is shocked (shocked!) by the Illinois southerners (14:10) There's nothing on cross-cultural gaming on the webs (14:45) Lingual segregation (17:45) The Europeans love the Cthulhu (19:50) The italian translations (Janus and Lucca Games) (20:35) In which the terrible truth about Rob comes out (21:15) Gaming in Canada is not so different. Except the Quebecquois (22:45) le grog (25:50) International game exhange? (28:40) Gaming in China (the Chinese do play Go, by the way. They call it Weiqi) (29:30) How does european style fantasy translate to Chinese culture? (32:00) What resources are available (34:00) Couldn't really find complex chinese games (35:50) The Americas vs the Brits (37:35) Leisure games, Simon Washbourne, Umlaut (39:40) Are we just missing the cultures? Tell us! (44:10) The chinese experience (48:35) Die Shwarze Auge, Ratten!, John Sinclair: Geisterjager (50:00) Joy box games in china (53:30) Birthdays in restaurants (Hooters in china, Boy/girl, Ed debevics, the wiener circle) (54:00) Relating the segue back to the topic (1:00:15) Projeckt Kopfkino (in which Todd goes "squeeee!") (01:02:00) Rants (01:04:05) Todd: I hate Russia for your cool Fallout Larp Rob: Visa's are fucking annoying, America. Can't I just stay? Scott: Culinary adventures in China: The beauty soup is made from frog genitals and served in a fruit! Megan: Crossed the line JohnKelly: Netflix streaming is hot shit, and you should see: Dr Who, Battelstar Galactica, Being Human, IT Crowd, Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Torchwood, BBC Sherlock Holmes. Board Game Geek is good for finding gaming groups (01:12:25) Scott's interview with Vivian and tik (01:13:30) How were you introduced to european style gaming? (01:14:45) Strategy and Abstract games for tik, big dice pools for Vivian (01:15:50) Translating games (01:16:45) Costs of games, buying from Hong Kong or Online, local stores (01:18:10) The gaming club, it's members and the tea house (01:19:00) Other games: cards, miniatures, RPG's (01:23:00) tiks own game design (01:24:23) You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:27:49 http://jankcast.com/archives/1030 http://jankcast.com/archives/1030#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:53:11 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1030 http://jankcast.com/archives/1030/feed 9 Lexx,Megan,Timo,Todd Hosts: Megan, Lexx, Timo, Todd - How better to address the topic of what a hero is than by me (Timo) being a douchebag? Oh, the humanity! We get together to discuss the nature of heroism, and how it applies to characters in gaming. - Hosts: Megan, Lexx, Timo, Todd How better to address the topic of what a hero is than by me (Timo) being a douchebag? Oh, the humanity! We get together to discuss the nature of heroism, and how it applies to characters in gaming. We don't banter about hero's. We also call out the Brilliant Gameologists a couple times as an exercise in completely pointless intellectual one-upmanship. Main Topic: What is a Hero? (1:14) The Game Master Show and the male vs female heroic story (1:14) Breaking that stereotype (3:30) Intro (finally) (04:20) Our Dark Sun game (on our wiki pages) (5:00) Further analysis of Male vs Female (5:45) Women dressing as men is powerful, men dressing as women is funny (6:25) Deciding on "the hero" of the game (8:20) What is a hero (answer: not Megan's mom) (9:15) Joseph Campbells definition (11:00) Lexx: All gaming characters are anti-hero's (12:05) Superman: Hero, Batman: Anti-Hero (14:30) Not everyone is Bilbo. Or Frodo, for that matter. (15:45) Timo disagrees with Lexx (16:30) Playing a true hero as a foil/mirror (17:20) Can you have a flawed hero, not Anti-hero?(19:00) Hero free-association(21:50) Hero vs sidekick: our BASH game, 3.5 game(23:20) Not being a hero but doing heroic things (26:15) Genre matters: heros within different games (27:35) Italian westerns vs American westerns (29:40) D&D and the heros journey (31:10) Non-heroic behavior breaks heroic games(36:30) moving the story forward is not the same as heroism (37:30) Can you be despicable but still a hero? (Little Orphan Annie) (39:30) Does complex motivation make you at best an anti-hero? (41:00) Does "hero" mean shit (why not just protagonist/antagonist)? (43:30) Definition of anti-hero (finally) (44:54) Dr. Who and Cpt. Jack (heros don't compromise) (46:10) Motivation is not enough, what you do matters (50:00) Children of Earth spoiler (51:50 - 53:05) Being a hero means being powerful in some way (53:15) Being a hero in Apocalypse World (our game as an example) (54:40) Being a hero is having responsibility and living up to it (57:10) Most heroic things our characters have done (King in Yellow spoiler) (58:20) Being a hero means succeed or otherwise make a difference (1:00:25) Follower mechanics (1:02:35) A hero is only a hero in context (1:03:45) Birmingham School: Culture is a site of hegemonic struggle (columbus day controversy) (1:05:30) Full circle: Megan is the Pantless hero! (01:06:50) What to get from this: push characters to be hero's (Sorceror's kicker) (1:07:40) Rants (1:10:25) Todd: Evanston is a great place to be heroic. Timo: Pay me or I don't work. Lexx: Reality check: RPG's are cheap. Megan: Koth of the Hammer Exciting Jank-cast stuff: Fiasco playsets, PARP on October 29th (details soon on Chicagoland games) (1:18:20) You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:20:55 http://jankcast.com/archives/1016 http://jankcast.com/archives/1016#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:40:10 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1016 http://jankcast.com/archives/1016/feed 8 Majdi,Megan,Reek,Timo,Todd Hosts: Todd, Reek, Megan, Majdi, Timo - We finally, FINALLY manage to get this episode out. Sheesh. We go long, but it's a good conversation. Note: Reek's mic is a bit wonky at the beginning, but we fix it after a few minutes. - Hosts: Todd, Reek, Megan, Majdi, Timo We finally, FINALLY manage to get this episode out. Sheesh. We go long, but it's a good conversation. Note: Reek's mic is a bit wonky at the beginning, but we fix it after a few minutes. Banter: Break a leg playset, Remember the Wheaton, Recording from the Bowels, House-sitting Scott and the magic slingbox, the Colony (don't fuck with science), Lexx's beard must go, Todd is Alan Tudyk and the obsession with facial hair, it doesn't stink of death down here no more, Todd's fantasy world and Reeks homosexual power (01:20) Main Topic: sexuality in gaming (Strong and warm and wild and free) (11:20) Gender in gaming vs sexuality in gaming (13:00) Apocalypse world's character splats (13:45) S/lay w/me mechanics (14:30) twosie games (15:55) asexual or your own sexuality: Ricky the Munchkin (17:30) Hiding our sexuality (20:00) Majdi games Twilight (20:50) relationships in games (22:25) Sex in Fiasco (25:15) Playing non-cartoony sex (26:15) Our sexuality is dangerous/vulnerable part of us (27:20) Burlesque and being on board for sexuality (28.45) role-playing out sex, lines and veils (31:05) Libidinal Economy (32:00) Sex and intimacy (33:50) Non-sexual intimacy in Unhallowed Metropolis (36:30) the sexy chinese android assassin and the sex that Enzo didn't have (38:00) Sexual defense mechanisms are OK (41:00) Getting to know your groups (42:00) Sexuality in LARP, the Majdi experience(42:35) Sexuality of villains (Randall Flag in The Stand (45:30) Reek leaves (53:00) Knowing Rob: even when you trust someone it doesn't mean intimacy is easy (53:30) It's dumb to not RP sexuality (Kalevala as an example) (55:15) Gaming as fun escape (57:15) Meisner: fight or fuck (58:30) Party play works against sexuality (1:00:00) People against AW sex moves (1:01:20) Sex mechanics good and bad (1:03:30) twosie games allow exploring one relationship (1:07:45) Kagematsu (1:10:00) Rants (1:17:35) Todd: The world is laughing at us all. Majdi: Chicago likes to trick us Timo: Taking it in the ass with a Chevy Trailblazer. Megan: I get hit on as a gamer, but not as a burlesque performer. Wtf? You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:31:37 http://jankcast.com/archives/962 http://jankcast.com/archives/962#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:37:07 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=962 http://jankcast.com/archives/962/feed 1 Joshua AC Newman,Robert Bohl,Todd Hosted by Todd - Through space and time, we bring you an interview about The Distant Future! Todd Speaks with Robert Bohl and Joshua AC Newman about their futuristic games Misspent Youth and Shock: Social Science Fiction. Hosted by Todd Through space and time, we bring you an interview about The Distant Future! Todd Speaks with Robert Bohl and Joshua AC Newman about their futuristic games Misspent Youth and Shock: Social Science Fiction. The conversation ranges around the what, why and how of the games, and finally turns to a comparison between the two. The elevator speech of the games (1:00) Shock as high science fiction, Misspent youth is cult scifi: influences in the games. (2:50) Shock: wanted to play science fiction, got cockblocked by existing games. (4:30) Bruce Sterling, Rudy Rutger, Phillip Dick as influences (08:30) Future shock (10:30) Misspent youth influences: other games first, then later in the design art became serious. (11:05) Todds personal connection (bad touch! BAD TOUCH!!): Sociology and the punk scene (15:00) The Punk in Misspent Youth (15:50) Shock is the first science fiction game ever (20:45) The genius of Minutae (26:15) Other science fiction games are just D&D in space (27:30) Paranoia & Metamorphosis Alpha (34:00) World creation (Some hackles are raised) (36:00) When everyone's antagonist is God and Time Travel(38:20) Harry Potter misspent youth game (41:05) Conservative mentality comes out weird (42:40) The French Girl (46:30) Libertarianism (47:40) Meta-mechanics in both games (49:00) Who the fuck wants to be Deckard? (52:20) The GM in GMless games (54:30) Talking about things that bother you (57:20) Conflict resolution mechanics in Misspent Youth (58:20) Shock resolution system (1:02:00) The Blade Runner example (01:05:15) Intertwining stakes and the audience (01:13:30) The relationship between the games: 1984 example (01:20:00) More Human than Human (01:23:00) Human Contact (01:23:40) Shilling (01:34:00) The Jank Cast yes 1:36:02 http://jankcast.com/archives/970 http://jankcast.com/archives/970#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:24:03 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=970 http://jankcast.com/archives/970/feed 2 Dave,Majdi,Megan,Scott,Todd Hosts: Todd, Megan, Scott, Dave, Majdi - I mean, if you think of it, the Jank Cast kind of is a slow, ongoing fiasco. If we could just make a playset of it, then we could at least produces something meaningful out of this before it self-destructs in ... Hosts: Todd, Megan, Scott, Dave, Majdi I mean, if you think of it, the Jank Cast kind of is a slow, ongoing fiasco. If we could just make a playset of it, then we could at least produces something meaningful out of this before it self-destructs in tragedy and Schadenfreude. And not only are our casters all reminiscent of the living undead, one of us is even Finnish (even if he can pronounce Z like a damned traitor). So there you go. JankCast. A Gmless event of hijinks and undeath. Banter: Megan's evening with Reek aka nerdish Kill, Marry or Fuck. Todd and his haircare, Majdi's appearance (1:16) Review: Fiasco (6:15) Overview of the game mechanics (7:10) The same playset can create different fiction (example) (9:45) Quick setup, short game, great fun (11:15) A good game for beginners and pickup games (12:50) Fiasco playset wiki (14:40) The Tilt (15:30) A dangerous animal (perhaps metaphorical) gets loose. Someone who is innocent is not so innocent. Misplaced love. (18:45) Great for memorable and interesting stories (21:25) The Aftermath (22:30) Sushi-Kebab (His name is Joe. Yeesh, you know we have brain tumours when I'm the one remembering peoples names). (24:20) Let the fiction flow, being bold, no penalty for being awesome (27:35) Playing with time, working with the fiction, Memento in Antarctica (29:30) Making a movie in the game, driven by drama (30:30) We find some negatives: Operation Zebra Playset (which we forget the name of) (32:45) The setup can drag and no guidance from the game if you get stuck (33:25) No way to save a blown game, and learning to mess with time (35:05) Douchebag factor (36:45) Long-form Improv (38:00) Final comments: Just play it. (38:50) Review: Zombie Cinema (39:50) Eero Tuovinen (40:25) Italians love zombies (41:55) It comes in a VHS box: Presentation and rules (43:15) Character creation (43:40) Default setting: right here (46:00) Scene framing and conflict (47:20) The board (48:30) Nothing happens without inter-character conflicts (50:00) Death is satisfying (53:40) Play sympathetic characters to survive: the sacrifice mechanic (55:10) When everyone dies together (56:15) Conflict mechanic means less susceptible to douchebaggery (58:30) Forcing you out of your conflict zone (1:00:20) Good for learning to frame conflict (1:01:30) Provides/pushes towards conflicts , narrator is specified (1:02:20) Game encourages PvP (1:04:30) Being the zombie (1:04:55) Last thoughts: Great replay value (1:07:50) Finally: Microwave. That's right, we went there. (1:10:19) The Jank Cast yes 1:11:18 http://jankcast.com/archives/958 http://jankcast.com/archives/958#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:49:04 +0000 The Jank Cast http://jankcast.com/?p=958 http://jankcast.com/archives/958/feed 7 JOHNKELLY,Majdi,Megan,Rob,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode 64: GMless Games Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Rob, Majdi, Scott, Todd, Timo, Megan - Hello darkness my old friend. . . Megan laughing Todd's freaking chart! Examples: Fiasco, Shock, Polaris, Grey Ranks, Hell for Leather, The Shab-Al-Hiri Roach - Episode 64: GMless Games Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Rob, Majdi, Scott, Todd, Timo, Megan Hello darkness my old friend. . . Megan laughing Todd's freaking chart! Examples: Fiasco, Shock, Polaris, Grey Ranks, Hell for Leather, The Shab-Al-Hiri Roach Rants Scott: Stories from the L: Check your fly Majdi: Geese and Sparrows Rob: The Warriors JOHNKELLY: Jared Cole, this is for you Megan: JOHNKELLY is dumb Timo: GMs don't hold a story together Todd: Swear in front of your kids Wait for it... You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:09:04 http://jankcast.com/archives/947 http://jankcast.com/archives/947#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:45:51 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=947 http://jankcast.com/archives/947/feed 5 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Scott,Timo,Todd Hosts: John Kelly, Todd, Timo, Lexx, Scott - In which we discuss our facial hair. Scott is big in China and loves the North. Lexx doesn't know geography. Todd went to a wedding. JohnKelly is moving. Scott and his gravy-tas. Hosts: John Kelly, Todd, Timo, Lexx, Scott In which we discuss our facial hair. Scott is big in China and loves the North. Lexx doesn't know geography. Todd went to a wedding. JohnKelly is moving. Scott and his gravy-tas. JohnKelly is balding ugly. Timo has been doing martial arts (badly) as long as JohnKelly has been alive. Speaking of gravy, rape, White Fence Farm, Gale Street Inn and gumming the bones. (3:20) Main Topic: playing by the rules vs playing by feel (11:10) First edition AD&D was very narrow (12:55) JohnKelly's theater as an example. (14:30) Cars and motorcycles (15:50) Autership of games: (18:00) AD&D First ed in historical perspective (19:45) How do you know you're playing as intended: the Forge, Dust Devils and Ron Edwards (21:00) The intent of L5R (22:30) When the designers stated goal isn't reflected in the mechanics (23:30) Trust in the author (24:45) Tweaking a game you're very familiar with. (28:12) Creative agenda and how dissonance makes people want to homebrew (29:50) JP says: you don't have to switch games because you want to explore. (31:05) Consumption is creative (33:20) What do you do when you pick up a game? (35:30) JohnKelly: is a waste of skin and has nothing to say about Alpha Omega (35:55) Scott: Character development and stories. More specifically, buzzwords. (38:30) Lexx: Setting above all. (40:20) World creation can very different between games (My life with master is ok, In a wicked age is not) (42:45) Timo: The rules and what they are trying to do. Fluff comes from play. (45:40) Rules shouldn't try to be too "real." Lexx disagrees. (47:25) Todd: Can this game actualise my idea (can I make Elle Woods?) (48:15) Finding the right game in which to run a game (50:15) Fudging the rules to keep the story going (54:20) Unhallowed metropolis: the rules are burdensome (56:15) Fluff to disguise the mechanics (57:45) Different types of zombies (58:45) Rants (1:00:35) JohnKelly: Wil Wheaton please pimp us out. Todd: 30,000 feet, and no one's worried? Timo: Meatmarket the game. Lexx: RPGA has taught me how to love gaming again. Scott: Dark Sun almost made me buy 4th Ed. Once again, JohnKelly really isn't funny. This time he admitted it (1:09:25) You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:10:26 http://jankcast.com/archives/924 http://jankcast.com/archives/924#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:02:37 +0000 The Jank Cast http://jankcast.com/?p=924 http://jankcast.com/archives/924/feed 3 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode 61: GenCon 2010 Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Scott, Timo, Lexx, Megan with a special message from Todd - Megan's First GenCon Lexx's Tenth GenCon Timo's Seventh GenCon - Lots and lots of mentioning of games/stuff that we played and/or bought at GenCon. Episode 61: GenCon 2010 Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Scott, Timo, Lexx, Megan with a special message from Todd Megan's First GenCon Lexx's Tenth GenCon Timo's Seventh GenCon Lots and lots of mentioning of games/stuff that we played and/or bought at GenCon. Including: Misspent Youth, Fiasco, HoboCon, Free Market, Iron Tyrants, The Adventure Burner, PARP: Photo Action Role-Playing The Embassy Suites Games On Demand The Chicken Sandwiches! Rob Justice was not seen by Megan. What the fuck Rob? Lexx throws podcasters under the bus. We realize that Wil Wheaton is more powerful than us. Felicia Day is awesome. Todd speaks about GenCon Rants Timo: Dice Stealing / Hexatube Scott: Fiasco & Glomping JOHNKELLY: the MSG at the Cajin Grill Megan: I go to GenCon to game Congrats to Derek! You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 46:22 http://jankcast.com/archives/865 http://jankcast.com/archives/865#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:20:01 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=865 http://jankcast.com/archives/865/feed 5 Megan,Reek,Scott,Timo,Todd Review Episode 4: Shocked Bashful Hosts: Megan, Scott, Timo, Todd, Reek - Banter: What we did last night, Happy Undeath Day Gary Gygax, Reek's delicious delicious energy, GMless Game day: Fiasco, Zombie Cinema, Shab-Al-Hiri Roach (0:56) - Review Episode 4: Shocked Bashful Hosts: Megan, Scott, Timo, Todd, Reek Banter: What we did last night, Happy Undeath Day Gary Gygax, Reek's delicious delicious energy, GMless Game day: Fiasco, Zombie Cinema, Shab-Al-Hiri Roach (0:56) Review: Shock by Joshua AC Newman (5:00) What is a Shock: Immortality through cloning (6:00) Source material/Similarities for our game: Battlestar Galactica, Free Market, Borderlands, Iain M Banks, David Brin's Kiln People (7:00) The issues: Ageing, Reproduction, Meaning & Technology of Cloning (8:45) Minutiae (10:20) Ownership and Story Elements (12:00) Protagonist & Antagonist (13:45) Fiasco, Shab-al-Hiri and Shock rules spectrum (16:30) party/player dynamic: short stories or vignettes (Sliding Doors, Run Lola Run) (17:52) Audience helps balance/curb behaviour (20:00) Timo's Character: ladies of the world, cringe (21:15) Conflict mechanics overview (22:40) Reeks Character: the many deaths of Granthor Debourd (conflict resolution example; Oldboy) (26:20) Game length: Antagonist credits, dice pools, new shocks (30:00) Winning & losing: Story goals (31:25) Metagaming and scene framing (32:55) Winning and losing revisited (34:25) Shock is about the issues, not the characters (Blade Runner, Kiln People, Glory Season) (35:25) Timo's character revisited: why what happened, happened (38:45) Review: BASH by Chris Rutkowsky (39:45) Storytell, GM, DM? (40:00) Choosing the system for a super hero games (Ex Machina, new run of Batwoman) (41:00) Super hero games are super crunchy (Wild Talents) (41:28) Character stats and powers (42:50) Dice mechanics and super-scaling (43:50) Window dressing the rules; emulating a comic book (47:10) Flaws and power advancement (48:50) Hero die (49:45) Meeting the needs of super hero story gamers: the rules just disappeared (51:15) Villain points, villain dice and uber heroes (54:40) Fun things from the game (56:50) Announcements: Jank cast party at Gencon (59:55) Congratulations Ben and Sylvana (1:00:40) Jankcast pimping (1:01:20) The Jank Cast yes 1:03:29 http://jankcast.com/archives/840 http://jankcast.com/archives/840#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:25:16 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=840 http://jankcast.com/archives/840/feed 4 Megan,Rob,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode 60: Independent Games Hosts: Todd, Megan, Scott, Rob, Timo - Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. Or, if you're us, you chew over the gristle of a topic like independent games f... Episode 60: Independent Games Hosts: Todd, Megan, Scott, Rob, Timo Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. Or, if you're us, you chew over the gristle of a topic like independent games for an hour on Sundays. More fritter than waste, but a bit of both in the end. Lot's of games mentioned here, so the show notes will be longer. BRING ME THE MUNCHKIN! Angel Eyes Concert: Fuck amps. Too many nice guys in metal Google search of Black Metal Denny's Magician's Arrest GM-less game day at Chicagoland Games Main Topic: Indie games Some sort of definition of Indie, and some ill-spoken history What do you think of when you think of indie game Scott: Story from players imagination Introduction of Rob Rob: System interaction with the kind of story Timo: Individual designers not trying to be big distributors Todd: One off book Megan: Anything that's not D&D; Games that afford me the opportunity to create and explore with others. The argument for randomized tables instead of source books. Colonial Gothic Unhallowed Metropolis Indie Aesthetic Zine production quality Weapons of the Gods Shared Creation Basic Action Super Heroes! (BASH) Spirit of the Century The WOTC bouncers No right way to game Sorceror In a Wicked Age Shock Orc's, gelatinous cubes and dragons. Sewer's and Slaves Constraint as freedom identifying the douchebag Fiasco Story elements direct play, don't rule. Grognard theory: Supplements are the product of gaming, not the input. (Reply 42, by Walt Freitag) Emphasize the internal conflict highlighted a rant in favour of social mechanics pared down mechanics Trust the people at the table gaming vs improv games (aka: JP is a bad person) stylistic differences between games and game designers Apocalypse World s/lay w/me Why is there hate? Rants Scott: Metal Places of the world: the south is Metal! Megan: Heaping the abuse Todd: Tommy Bartlett's sky, ski and stage show Timo: Eve Ellis and the phantom referral. Rob: Lucasarts games You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:16:05 http://jankcast.com/archives/822 http://jankcast.com/archives/822#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:41:29 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=822 http://jankcast.com/archives/822/feed 1 JOHNKELLY,Majdi,Megan,Reek,Scott,Todd Episode 58: Gaming Social Graces Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Scott, Megan, Majdi, Reek, Todd - Hello, delicious friends! A little note to tell you that your episode is being delivered by Timo this week, because John Kelly might in fact be a punk ass-chump (no... Episode 58: Gaming Social Graces Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Scott, Megan, Majdi, Reek, Todd Hello, delicious friends! A little note to tell you that your episode is being delivered by Timo this week, because John Kelly might in fact be a punk ass-chump (note the hyphenation). The scientific study has only now received it's funding, so we won't expect a definitive answer for another few years, but I think we all know what's going to be confirmed. Regardless, your show notes will be a little haphazard so that we might get the aural abuse out to you a little faster. Enjoy! No crying in gaming (the fat kid) The new theme song False start Deodorant commercials And we're off (real intro) Mortal Kombat teaser Shameless plugs Sending invites on Facebook Drunken Reek Main Topic: gamer social graces Fatbeard and the Febreeze The tell-tale stench Gameboy denied tusslin' at the LARP Tales from the Southland: trailer gamin' John Kelly: put away the internet the 80's controversy and the Elfish Gene Little Ricky Majdi misuses the word svelte Gamers aren't nice Social Hobby, and the Pig Roast Getting in to the game Investment in Character death Ritual demarcation from normal time (maaaagical!) Well actually (rules lawyering stopping the game) A kid enters the store, and West Side story rears it's ugly head Character creation and min-maxing Rants Majdi: The universe is a giant game. Reek waffles and havers through to a rant in the end. Megan: Don't be a dick about booking burlesque shows with me. Todd: 1) Seattle 2) Banana pudding (this get's a little ... odd) Scott: The happy little pig, and how he was consumed. JOHNKELLY: Fails, then talks about being on the train. Burlesque Bingo Playground Theater 3209 North Halsted Street Chicago, IL 60657 July 17th Angel Eyes Record Release (Todd's Concert) Ronny's 2101 N. California 21+ Show July 23 (Bar at 9/Music at 10) Little Shop of Horrors (JOHNKELLY's Show) 5900 W. Belmont Chicago, IL July 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 August 1 Friday/Saturdays: Doors at 7 pm, Show at 7:30 pm Sundays: Doors at 11:30 am, Show at Noon Tickets: $12 (773) 282-8844, ext. 277 You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:00:35 http://jankcast.com/archives/805 http://jankcast.com/archives/805#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:05:33 +0000 JOHNKELLY http://jankcast.com/?p=805 http://jankcast.com/archives/805/feed 1 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Megan,Todd Episode 56: Pulling your weight Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Todd, Megan, Lexx - Lots of banter including:Dentist, Orcus, Comic Shop stories, bad audio, food stories, Google SketchUp, Let me Google that for you - Main Topic: Pulling your weight within a group Episode 56: Pulling your weight Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Todd, Megan, Lexx Lots of banter including:Dentist, Orcus, Comic Shop stories, bad audio, food stories, Google SketchUp, Let me Google that for you Main Topic: Pulling your weight within a group Mechanical vs. Backstory Spirit of the Century BASH Rants Todd: The Dunkin Donuts Breakfast Sandwich JOHNKELLY: Thursday is an important day Lexx: GW: Really? Megan: Kittens = Old Feeling Go see Todd's band You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 50:38 http://jankcast.com/archives/790 http://jankcast.com/archives/790#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:55:11 +0000 JOHNKELLY http://jankcast.com/?p=790 http://jankcast.com/archives/790/feed 3 Lexx,Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode Fifty Four: NPCs -Special Edition- Hosts: Timo, Todd, Scott, Megan, Lexx - Free RPG day SciFan Main Topic: Interesting NPCs What we like in NPCs Player Created NPCs The World Chicken & The Goblin Baby - Rants Episode Fifty Four: NPCs -Special Edition- Hosts: Timo, Todd, Scott, Megan, Lexx Free RPG day SciFan Main Topic: Interesting NPCs What we like in NPCs Player Created NPCs The World Chicken & The Goblin Baby Rants Megan: Netbooks in the store Scott: Dragon Ages Todd: Bar Trickery Timo: Facebook, It's not you, it's me Reek: (Where the fuck did he come from?) Fuck you Todd! For Jolly Blackburn, Who is the better role-player Brian or Harry Dresden? Send your questions and answers for/from gaming gods to feedback@jankcast.com You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:09:48 http://jankcast.com/archives/778 http://jankcast.com/archives/778#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:43:36 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=778 http://jankcast.com/archives/778/feed 0 Todd EDIT: yeah, so the thing I posted before was idiotic and informed more by my sleepiness than actual desire to share about content. - Spooky Outhouse, the collective of podcasts (or whatever they call themselves) of which we are willing member-sheep se... EDIT: yeah, so the thing I posted before was idiotic and informed more by my sleepiness than actual desire to share about content. Spooky Outhouse, the collective of podcasts (or whatever they call themselves) of which we are willing member-sheep sets up their showcase on a somewhat regular basis. The idea is to get together hosts from a number of different gaming podcasts to talk about a topic. This time around Todd, the Nathan Explosion of Chicago, took part in the discussion (How can you talk about your character without making people want to die? What games are you afraid to play?). The conversation is pretty good, and Todd did an admirable job of making us appear more than barely coherent and capable of interacting like normal human beings. All in all, a fun listen, y'all should have a go! Locate the spooky outhouse page for this here. And yes, Scott, I did in fact use YOUR word. The Jank Cast yes 1:00:40 http://jankcast.com/archives/773 http://jankcast.com/archives/773#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:33:03 +0000 JOHNKELLY http://jankcast.com/?p=773 http://jankcast.com/archives/773/feed 0 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Majdi,Megan,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode Fifty Two: Backstory -Special Edition- Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Majdi, Scott, Megan, Todd, Lexx, Timo - If you are listening to this, then it might mean that you are trying to listen to Episode Two of the Jank Cast. However, Episode Fifty Two: Backstory -Special Edition- Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Majdi, Scott, Megan, Todd, Lexx, Timo If you are listening to this, then it might mean that you are trying to listen to Episode Two of the Jank Cast. However, we have replaced the first six episodes with episodes fifty-one through fifty-six in order to give a better example what our podcast is actually like. If you would like to listen to Episode Two of the Jank Cast, click the following link: www.jankcast.com/episodes/tjc_2.mp3 Todd isn't interesting this week. Megan is now a core host: Yay! Creepshow, Yeti in a box Main Topic: Character Backstory Lexx has bad puns Outside Influence from the GM Names Changing backstories The "Old School" Backstory Derivative Backstory Rants JOHNKELLY: Columbia University on Michigan Majdi: Battle Ball Scott: $750 deck Megan: "Hey, wanna trade?" Todd: Old Age Timo: Jedi vs. Sith Lexx: Dice...and poo Questions for Gaming Gods Dear Harry Dresden, Who is your last character? Send your questions and answers for/from gaming gods to feedback@jankcast.com You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:05:30 http://jankcast.com/archives/723 http://jankcast.com/archives/723#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 19:55:07 +0000 JOHNKELLY http://jankcast.com/?p=723 http://jankcast.com/archives/723/feed 1 Bear Swarm! Paul,Bear Swarm! Rob,JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Reek,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode Forty-Nine: Jank Swarm! Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Scott, Todd, Timo, Lexx, Reek, Rob, I am Paul - So...banter? Which leads to...Amish parties are the best! The Bear Swarm! Main Topic: Gamer Communities Scott's southern tales (Dueling banjos) Episode Forty-Nine: Jank Swarm! Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Scott, Todd, Timo, Lexx, Reek, Rob, I am Paul So...banter? Which leads to...Amish parties are the best! The Bear Swarm! Main Topic: Gamer Communities Scott's southern tales (Dueling banjos) Introducing people to Gaming Reek's Metaphore Rants JOHNKELLY: The Gyros Place Scott: Duck Blood Soup Todd: Depressed Friends Timo: Dogs in the Vineyard/Game about Morality/Vincent is Crazy Lexx: Bear Swarm! Reek: Communities (Of Reek hate) Paul: Those Fucking Amish Rob: Change is bad Again: Bear Swarm! You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 1:00:14 http://jankcast.com/archives/689 http://jankcast.com/archives/689#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:07:50 +0000 JOHNKELLY http://jankcast.com/?p=689 http://jankcast.com/archives/689/feed 0 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Timo,Todd Episode Forty-Seven: Let's Talk Hosts: Timo, JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Todd - Timo has no hosting control Timo hates banter Fiasco The Roach Main Topic: Talking Critically about the Game Lots of  Metaphors: Baseball, Art, Pie - Rants Episode Forty-Seven: Let's Talk Hosts: Timo, JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Todd Timo has no hosting control Timo hates banter Fiasco The Roach Main Topic: Talking Critically about the Game Lots of  Metaphors: Baseball, Art, Pie Rants Lexx: Gaming with an Agendy JOHNKELLY: The Roach Timo: Hay Fever Todd: Rants You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes 51:19 http://jankcast.com/archives/649 http://jankcast.com/archives/649#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:41:47 +0000 JOHNKELLY http://jankcast.com/?p=649 http://jankcast.com/archives/649/feed 4 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Ryan Macklin,Todd Interview 5: Ryan Macklin on The Dresden Files RPG Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Todd - Ryan Macklin is from Evil Hat Productions and is the Main Production Manager for the upcoming Dresden Files RPG (to be fully released on June , 2010). Interview 5: Ryan Macklin on The Dresden Files RPG Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Todd Ryan Macklin is from Evil Hat Productions and is the Main Production Manager for the upcoming Dresden Files RPG (to be fully released on June , 2010). The interview was recorded in early January. However Ryan's introduction was lost after JOHNKELLY got a new computer. None of the interview questions were lost. You can now pre-order The Dresden Files RPG from dresdenfilesrpg.com (and maybe your local game store). When you do you get the PDF of the books for free instantly! Go out and pre-order now! Another note for Dresden Files fans. Changes, the 12th book in the Dresden Files series comes out today, April 5th. You can get it at your local book store or from www.jim-butcher.com Dresden Files is produced by Evil Hat Ryan Rants You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/651 http://jankcast.com/archives/651#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:54:32 +0000 JOHNKELLY http://jankcast.com/?p=651 http://jankcast.com/archives/651/feed 0 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Majdi,Nico,Timo,Todd Episode Forty-Five: Set the Mood Hosts: Todd, JOHNKELLY, Nico (aka Mr. Johnson, like the cock), Majdi, Lexx, Timo - Doctor Who Season 5. AMY POND IS HOT! It's Easter! So there are Easter Eggs in this episode. Main Topic: Ambiance Sorcerer Episode Forty-Five: Set the Mood Hosts: Todd, JOHNKELLY, Nico (aka Mr. Johnson, like the cock), Majdi, Lexx, Timo Doctor Who Season 5. AMY POND IS HOT! It's Easter! So there are Easter Eggs in this episode. Main Topic: Ambiance Sorcerer Rob is creepy as fuck. Catholic Joke #1 Catholic Joke #2 LARPing Music in Games Ben Superfine John Wick The Theatre Code Gaming at home "Guy's want some Water?" Sir Anthony Hopkins Voyeuristic Gamers Timo talks about Polaris Rants Music by Philip Glass JOHNKELLY: Doctor -Who-Season-5-I-told-all-you-bitches-and-Amy-Pond-is-hot Nico: Type B Gamers Majdi: Future Dopplegangers Lexx: Competitive Play Timo: Character knowledge in game Todd: The Worst Day of My Life Catholic Joke #3 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/565 http://jankcast.com/archives/565#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:56:42 +0000 JOHNKELLY http://jankcast.com/?p=565 http://jankcast.com/archives/565/feed 1 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Majdi,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode Forty-Four: Consequence in Game Hosts: Scott, JOHNKELLY, Timo, Todd, Majdi, Lexx - It's the Jank Cast's 1 year anniversary (not mentioned) Todd is editing (not mentioned) - Pro-Champion/Woody Confusion about a story. Episode Forty-Four: Consequence in Game Hosts: Scott, JOHNKELLY, Timo, Todd, Majdi, Lexx It's the Jank Cast's 1 year anniversary (not mentioned) Todd is editing (not mentioned) Pro-Champion/Woody Confusion about a story. Hot Chip's 'I Feel Better' Majdi: Role-Player and LARPer JP: I did it when I was 14! Main Topic: Consequences in Game Part 1: It's Easy Shadowrun Dread Part 2: It's Fun Sorcerer Mage Part 3: No Consequences The Greater Internet Fuck-wad Theory Majdi is a furry Rants Lexx: Superman Majdi: Responsibility Todd: DeKalb, IL/Bumpits Timo: Cultist JOHNKELLY: Give the new Doctor a chance Scott: 1st Edition 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/534 http://jankcast.com/archives/534#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:25:53 +0000 JOHNKELLY http://jankcast.com/?p=534 http://jankcast.com/archives/534/feed 1 Dylan,J.P.,JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Scott,Todd Episode Forty-Three: PC/NPC Interactions Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Scott, Todd, J.P., Lexx, Dylan - Chuck Challengers: Pat and Dal What have we played this week? Magic!, Sorcerer, Supernatural. Magic! the Gathering Food is priority number 3. Episode Forty-Three: PC/NPC Interactions Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Scott, Todd, J.P., Lexx, Dylan Chuck Challengers: Pat and Dal What have we played this week? Magic!, Sorcerer, Supernatural. Magic! the Gathering Food is priority number 3. Dylan sucks at every game he ever plays. Main Topic: PC/NPC Interactions Dylan Arrives SotC Ravenloft Consider Yes Sorcerer Rants Lexx: Magic! JOHNKELLY: Lady Gaga Scott: Spring = Snow Todd: Lady Gaga/Snow/Gradschool Deadline/MY VOICE J.P.: THIS RANT IS THE MEANING OF ELITISM. RIGHT HERE. REALLY, HE'S SERIOUS. I CAN'T STRESS THIS ANYMORE, HE ISN'T JOKING. Dylan: "So, I'm in the shower..." 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/514 http://jankcast.com/archives/514#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:25:50 +0000 JOHNKELLY http://jankcast.com/?p=514 http://jankcast.com/archives/514/feed 4 JOHNKELLY,Justin,Lexx,Rob,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode Forty-Two: Archetypes Host: JOHNKELLY,Rob, Scott, Justin, Todd (he Aces!), Wu Fang (Lexx), Timo - Flash Gordon John...Kelly: Savior of the Universe! What we played this week? Apocalypse World (A Po Wo), Sorcerer, Supernatural, Episode Forty-Two: Archetypes Host: JOHNKELLY,Rob, Scott, Justin, Todd (he Aces!), Wu Fang (Lexx), Timo Flash Gordon John...Kelly: Savior of the Universe! What we played this week? Apocalypse World (A Po Wo), Sorcerer, Supernatural, Starblazer Adventures, Dungeons and Dragons The Jank Blog (The Jlog) Nico update: Nico loses again. The Wire, Snatch Spartacus/Caligula Canada (colour) Main Topic: Archetypes Our personal Archetypes Game of Thrones Dark Sun Star Wars Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog Are Archetypes bad? Gle-Glor the Barbarian Matt Damon Dylan Coming up on EP50 Rants Todd: My Ipod broke Lexx: Caligula (plus Lexx's College years) Timo: Is being an Elitist JOHNKELLY: Fish Scott: Accents Justin: Gamer Sanitation Rob: The fart 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/485 http://jankcast.com/archives/485#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:30:39 +0000 JOHNKELLY http://jankcast.com/?p=485 http://jankcast.com/archives/485/feed 1 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Scott,Timo,Todd Episode Forty-One: Why? Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Scott, Todd, Timo, Lexx - JOHNKELLY is back. Star Trek the MMO. None of us played RPGs. What. The. Fuck. Upcoming... Starblazer, Apoclapse World, Sorcerer Nico, Timo is sorry. Episode Forty-One: Why? Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Scott, Todd, Timo, Lexx JOHNKELLY is back. Star Trek the MMO. None of us played RPGs. What. The. Fuck. Upcoming... Starblazer, Apoclapse World, Sorcerer Nico, Timo is sorry. The rest of us laugh at your pain. J.P.'s mom uses hex bags Main Topic: Why do we game? Gaming over writing Why we make fun of each of us Todd is covered in Eastwood Escapism Emo Timo Creating the World's details Sci-Fi Game to have fun Todd hates fun and is therefore Gargamel Rants Timo: Emotor Lexx: Magic Players JOHNKELLY: *cough* Scott: Facebook Todd: Stairs Everyone except JOHNKELLY is old 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/473 http://jankcast.com/archives/473#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:00:27 +0000 The Jank Cast http://jankcast.com/?p=473 http://jankcast.com/archives/473/feed 0 Allen,Lexx,Scott,Timo,Todd 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, 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/435 http://jankcast.com/archives/435#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:25:49 +0000 The Jank Cast http://jankcast.com/?p=435 http://jankcast.com/archives/435/feed 1 Allen,JOHNKELLY,Kevin,Lexx,Timo,Todd 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, 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/424 http://jankcast.com/archives/424#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:49:35 +0000 The Jank Cast http://jankcast.com/?p=424 http://jankcast.com/archives/424/feed 2 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Scott,Timo,Todd 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 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/406 http://jankcast.com/archives/406#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:27:33 +0000 The Jank Cast http://jankcast.com/?p=406 http://jankcast.com/archives/406/feed 0 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Todd 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 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. The Jank Cast yes http://jankcast.com/archives/394 http://jankcast.com/archives/394#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:20:45 +0000 The Jank Cast http://jankcast.com/?p=394 http://jankcast.com/archives/394/feed 2 JOHNKELLY,Lexx,Scott,Timo,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 - 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. The Jank Cast yes