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description: Listen to table-top gaming and community news in a morning show format. Topics are largely driven by feedback but always center around the game table. This show will keep you up to date with the Pulp Gamer network and give you a fix of board games, card games, and roleplaying games.
Recent Episodes:
- Out of Character 049: Arizona Explosion released on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 20:15
Our main topic of discussion, at least for a short while today, is on characters that are hard to play in your roleplaying games. It seems to be the smart ones and the young ones that give us the most trouble, perhaps we can’t relate very well to either.
A lot of events are going [...]- Out of Character 048: GTS 2008 released on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 20:08
The Game Manufacturer’s Association’s Trade Show (GTS) was an awesome good time and as always packed full of good information. Several seminars were captured and will soon be made available online. It was great to see everyone and we will certainly be looking for you at the next show.
We had the opportunity to [...]- Out of Character 047: Network Overview released on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 15:00
If you are joining us for the first time, we welcome your visit with an overview of the network. We’ll see you next week for the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas. We have a lot of things planned and hope to see you there. Stop by our booth (#1114) and attend [...]- Out of Character 046: Wish List released on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 14:30
We are joined today by Ron and Veronica Blessing. They are hosts of The Games the Thing, a podcast about table top games. Ron also manages the Tucson Mall location of Game Daze. We follow up on some demographic discussion and then go right into a wish list of what we hope [...]- Out of Character 045: Gaming Infidelity released on Thu, 03/27/2008 - 17:30
We have a lot of fun today talking about cheating at the game table. We have all been witness to such a blight of character and it makes for some great stories. We talk about quite a few games today to include China Rails and Pillars of the Earth. Pillars just one [...]- Out of Character 044: Superstar released on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 20:45
Jeremiah joins us from a new location in Georgia as he undergoes some National Guard training. Bo joins us to catch us up on a bunch of news, such as the Toy Fair and his new podcast, Point Blank, for PSI. We start our show by saying goodbyes to Dungeons & Dragons co-creator, [...]- Out of Character 043: Rolling for Resources released on Fri, 02/29/2008 - 17:17
Con season is winding up. Jeremiah touches on a few games he played at Con of the North to include Call of Cthulhu, Promethean, Union Pacific, and China Rails. We also make a rule clarification on Lascaux and touch on one of last year’s favorites, Bison.
Community building is again a big topic. [...]- Out of Character 042: Wilbraham released on Fri, 02/15/2008 - 21:32
We shout out to a bunch of regions around the world. The one that stood out in our minds most was Wilbraham, MA. More locations are highlighted at the very tail end of the show after the credits. We also touch upon some crazy news for some local events, such as Family [...]- Out of Character 041: Feed Me released on Sat, 02/02/2008 - 18:51
Don just returned home from Phoenix Cactus Comicon to report on the trip. Some of the fondest memories included Wil Wheaton’s performance - that just had to be talked about again. The zombie beauty pageant was a blast we haven’t yet found any links to that performance. Zombie Channel is likely to release [...]- Out of Character 040: The Dog House released on Thu, 01/17/2008 - 00:17
The feedback has been pouring in. Bo joins us in Derek’s place to go over it. We really had some insightful thoughts that has made us take a hard look at The Game Kennel. Thanks to everyone for talking back. It really keeps us going and helps us shape our shows. [...]- Out of Character 039: The Gnome is Dead released on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 19:04
We bring in the new year with some notes on our new beginnings. You are already aware of our Family Podcast. We have now launched The Game Kennel. We hope you enjoy the new spotlight show as much as we do. We are always very proud to have Mayfair Games listed [...]- Out of Character 038: Holiday Roleplay released on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 22:33
We are treated to another visit from Boyan Radakovich. He helps us answer the challenge of providing the top ten reasons to hire a gamer for city council. Some games mentioned during today’s show include Blokus, Jungle Speed, Patrician, Mr. Jack, Apple to Apples, and Risk. Our Christmas gift talk also includes [...]- Out of Character 037: Help Wanted released on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 21:48
We are calling for talent. If you are a writer, artist, or voice actor, send us your portfolio and demos! We also announce the winner of the Orc Wars game. The winner was chosen at random from the correct answers of a rules quiz. Find out the answer in today’s show. [...]- Out of Character 036: Gnome in the Hole released on Mon, 11/12/2007 - 02:33
We packed half and hour pretty tightly this time. We have a lot of news about Jeremiah’s local area. It was pointed out by City Pages that Maplewood is the most dysfunctional suburb of the Twin Cities. We are pleased to congratulate John Nephew for his win in the political arena of [...]- Out of Character 035: The Quiz released on Sat, 10/27/2007 - 15:24
We have some great fun today as we re-look at more games including some we haven’t talked about in a long time. Part of this is in the form of a quiz. Jeremiah reads a few selections from some rule books, and it is up to the rest of us to figure out what [...]- Out of Character 034: Reflections 2007 released on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 20:00
Today we look back over the games we have reviewed in the past year and give you our long-lasting impressions. This may be a good time to start your Christmas shopping list (or wish list).
Its Good to be the King
Wits and Wagers
Pieces of Eight
Hunting Party
Bison
Family Business
Kung Fu Fighting
Palabra
Anasazi
Figaro
Mission Red Planet
Ave Caesar
Illiad
Elvish Checkers
Pillars of the [...]- Out of Character 033: Clad in Kilt released on Thu, 09/27/2007 - 14:16
We had a great time today going over a number of topics in your feedback. After issuing a massive toy recall, Mattel then apologizes to China about it. We talked in the past at some great length about Ghoulash. We looked at a hard copy today that is now in stores. [...]- Out of Character: 032: We Won! released on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 20:18
Right on the heals of Gen Con, Jeremiah returns home from Dragon*Con. Between both of the conventions, we have a few notes to share. The podcasting panels at Gen Con are steadily being posted. The Dragon*Con panels are also up and available. Jeremiah participated in the panel, “Podcasting for Games [...]- Out of Character 031: Jeremiah is Pregnant released on Fri, 08/31/2007 - 18:39
We have arrived home safely from Gen Con and have just started to sift through a bunch great games and our notes. We also get a first chance to catch up on feedback in a while. Some of that feedback pointed us back to Ptolus and we promised to give you that [...]- Out of Character 029: Tennis Star released on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 02:15
Boyan Radakovich of Shifting Skies Games joins us to fill Jeremiah’s shoes while he plays warrior in the woods. He is also going to be with us at Gen Con. His first order of business is to report to us about his adventure at Comic-Con in San Diego.
We release some more information about [...]- Out of Character 028: Legendary released on Sat, 07/28/2007 - 04:14
We are caught between cons and have a lot to share. You will be interested to know the notorious FireJeremiah reveals his true identity. We talk some about the process of the origins awards, our podcasting track at Gen Con, and a recent comparison we made to the foam Guns in CA$H [...]- Out of Character 027: Origins 2007 released on Fri, 07/13/2007 - 01:29
We’re back from Origins with a bunch of news and updates. We had an absolute blast with our podcasting friends. The high point is always visiting and socializing with our friends in the industry. One of the opportunities to do that was at a party hosted by Barfleet. This followed the [...]- Out of Character 026: How Big is Your Dice Bag? released on Tue, 07/03/2007 - 01:33
We just returned home from a great time at Con Games, and are now off to Origins. You will expect to see Don working with Bo showing off High School Drama, and with Michael Stackpole and the rest of the podcasting group sharing our art with all of the attendees from booth 125.
Today we [...]- Out of Character 025: On the Cover released on Wed, 06/13/2007 - 21:46
We are on our way now to Con Games in Phoenix, Arizona. Make sure to come on by our booth and say hello! We also just recently added a podcasting seminar to their schedule so be sure to look for it!
Polymaner has just released an interview of us in their latest magazine. [...]- Out of Character 024: Patent Pending released on Wed, 05/30/2007 - 21:33
Today’s show is full of announcements and news. We start by thanking you for your participation of our last survey and have introduced another if you would be so kind.
Wizards of the Coast was awarded a patent for Constructible Strategy Game. This has at least raised our eyebrows. Doesn’t WizKids make a [...]
