Amorphous Blobcast
This is a podcast put together by the members of Amorphous Blob Games. It is primarily for a discussion of role playing games, although we will also be touching on board games, and tabletop miniatures games, such as Silent Death, Ogre, and many othe
Host: Amorphous Blob Games
Website: http://www.abgames.com/blobcast/
This is a podcast put together by the members of Amorphous Blob Games. It is primarily for a discussion of role playing games, although we will also be touching on board games, and tabletop miniatures games, such as Silent Death, Ogre, and many others. Please check out our website at www.abgames.com, go to the forums and give us some feedback on past episodes and give us some guidance on what future episodes should cover.
| Episode Name | Time | Release Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| (RAW) Review: "Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition" | 1:10:00 | 06/11/2008 | !RAW! As a service to our listeners we've rushed this blobcast to production. As a result we have forgone our normal editing process and present this episode RAW and UNCUT! As such the episode may be a little more explicit than usual, and the listener should use... |
| Episode 14: "The Other Rules" | 1:00:00 | 06/02/2008 | Cast: Rich, Becky, Jay, Andy and Earl What are the Other Rules? DnD3e Challenge Ratings (CR) The Assumptions and Limitations of CR. Other systems and CR Balancing Player Knowledge versus Character Knowledge The Troll is on Fire!!! Which is the reason we are... |
| Episode 13: "Bananna Blender!" | 58:00 | 05/08/2008 | Cast: Rich, Becky, Andy, and Earl Just what is ENWorld? Have a taste of Andy's fruitless Bananna Cream Pie! The destruction of Forgotten Realms Compare and Contrast Setting Books from GURPS and Savage Worlds WotC's history with Setting Books Earl's evolving game... |
| Episode 12: "Best of the Best, Character Advantages and Disadvantages." | 1:12:00 | 04/27/2008 | Cast: Rich, Becky, Jay and Earl Yet another shameless plug for Caged Gorilla I am Earl's Deflated Convention Goody Bag What's the scoop on Online Deep Discounters FFG will be publishing Warhammer 40k RPG materials Robo Rally; a reprint of a classic Avalon Hill... |
| Bonus Blobcast 69! | 1:16:00 | 04/21/2008 | Cast: Rich, Blair, Becky, Jay, Dave Earl and Missy This episode was recorded during BlobCon '08. It's not a normal episode, and we didn't have mic's for everyone. So the sound isn't up to one of our regular episodes. And even though we're rated Explicit, this one's a... |
| Episode 11: "Best of the Best, Mad Skilz" | 59:00 | 04/14/2008 | Cast: Rich, Chris, Becky, Jay, Andy and Earl Specific Skills, Broad Skills, Hybrid The Pigeonhole of Stat Based Skills Jay's Criteria of Skills Skills with Stat Mod's Another Shameless Plug for Caged Gorilla Earl's Criteria of Skills I am Jay's Overflowing... |
| Episode 10: "Best of the Best, Character Generation" | 1:07:00 | 04/07/2008 | Cast: Rich, Chris, Becky, Jay, Andy and Earl Character Generation as a Subgame The random generator (Star Trek, Traveller, 1st Edition DnD) The point buy system (Hero System, GURPS) The hybrid (L5r) Races in Settings Character Background before or after... |
| Episode 9: Best of the Best, Stats | 57:00 | 04/03/2008 | Cast: Rich, Chris, Becky, Jay, Andy and Earl Gritty v. Fantastic If you only had one game system based on it's Stats, what would that be? GURPS DnD Brief Update on DnD4e OGL True 20 Hero System Deadlands d6 System Rolemaster Setting Based... |
| Episode 8: "When Good Players Go Bad" | 1:00:00 | 02/24/2008 | Cast: Rich, Chris, Becky, Jay, Andy and Earl Defining Problem Players Playing IC aka The tabletop LARPer A Root Cause to Spotlighting Metagamers General Tools: Communication is Key, Passive Agressive, Round Robin Initiative, Sarcasm Rude Players,... |
| Episode 7: "Writing Events" | 53:00 | 02/17/2008 | Cast: Rich, Chris, Becky, Jay, Andy, Earl, Alex and Mike makes an appearance. What makes a good Character. Character Backgrounds Placards, Badges or Tiaras? Rules Adherence Character Archetypes Mini's vs Imagination Wet Erase vs Preprinted... |