Saturday, October 18, 2008

Episode 4 - "Editions & Excursions"

Episode 4 of The Escapistcast is now (finally!) up and ready for your listening pleasure.

Featured in this episode:

  • Gaming advocacy news
  • A segment on alternatives to Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition
  • Listener mail
Featured promos in this episode: RPGLife, Orcusville, and Dragon's Landing



Due to length, the show notes for this episode are in comments.

2 comments:

Dr. Awkward said...

THE ESCAPISTCAST EPISODE 04 - SHOW NOTES

Air date: 10/19/08
Title: Editions & Excursions

NEWS

RPGBomb - http://www.rpgbomb.com

RPGlife - http://www.rpglife.com

WJWalton chat at RPGLife on 10/24/08, 9:00pm EST - http://www.rpglife.com/node/2194

As BADD As It Gets - http://www.theescapist.com/BADDbook.htm

Eric Wujcik - http://www.erickwujcik.com/
N. Robin Crossby - http://www.crossby.ca/Harn

Toxic Suspect Was A Gamer - http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/2559409.php?

When Fantasy Becomes Reality - Western Front Online (Western Washington University) - http://westernfrontonline.net/2008053010083/art-life/when-fantasy-becomes-reality/

U.S. Navy Runs From Reality - The Strategy Page - http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20080605.aspx

Second-century Roman d20 sold for $17,925. Submitter always rolls XX - FARK - http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3672006

Wired - Killjoy Cooking with the D&D Crowd - Lore Sjöberg - http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/alttext/2008/06/alttext_0618

Thread on RPGnet - 4e with Lego and a 7 year old boy - http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=397944

WSJ - Dungeons & Dragons in a Digital World - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121487030020517745.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

The Great Goth Armored Car Heist - http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/23088640/the_great_goth_armored_car_heist

Independent Mockumentary on D&D - The Assemblage of the Crystal Sphere: A D&D Story - http://www.pr.com/press-release/94505

"The Dungeon Masters" documentary - Review - http://blog.spout.com/2008/09/15/the-dungeon-masters-review-toronto-2008/
IMDB listing - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988086/

Atomic Array - http://www.atomicarray.com/

Arcana Wiki - http://arcana.wikidot.com/


SECOND SEGMENT

Pathfinder - http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG

Classic D&D books on Wizards site - http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/downloads

Castles & Crusades - http://www.trolllord.com/newsite/cnc/index.html

Broadsword - http://www.pigames.net/store/product_info.php?cPath=43_50_53&products_id=280

Mazes & Minotaurs - http://mazesandminotaurs.free.fr

Labyrinth Lord - http://www.goblinoidgames.com/labyrinthlord.htm


LISTENER MAIL

Narnia True 20 - http://www.4shared.com/file/48071790/384ed451/True20_-_Narnia.html

Narnia: Das Rollespiel - http://www.amazon.de/Narnia-Das-Rollenspiel-Ulrich-Drees/dp/3865062148/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211135366&sr=8-1

Reacting To The Past - http://barnard.edu/reacting

Xoryn said...

I was at the ComicCon this year in NY and saw the 221 Films booth which featured The Assemblage of the Crystal Sphere: A D&D Story movie. It looked pretty funny it may be worth a shot to check out.