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Fair warning, we did not edit this episode. It was hard enough to add the music. There were tears during and after the recording. Please accept our apologies for any errors or omissions below--take them in the context they were made.

We recorded our final, regular show at Genghis Con XXXIII, which was presented by the Denver Gamers Association (DGA) at the Red Lion Hotel in Aurora, Colorado.

We were joined at the table by Clint Black (Pinnacle Entertainment Group), Ed Doolittle (friend), Chris Fuchs (The Savage Mommy), Lee Langston (The God of Gaming), Eloy Lasanta (Third Eye Games), Leif Olsen (DGA), Sean Preston (Reality Blurs), Bill Stilson (DGA), Justin Suzuki (Protocol 5 Productions), and Linda Tschappat (DGA). There were short appearances by Doug Keester (friend and local gamer-at-large), Bill Keyes (Blackwyrm Publishing), Ross Watson (Vigil Games), and others.

Our discussion started with a Genghis Con wrap-up. We also talked about the show ending, including some of our favorite all-time moments, and what's coming up for Ron and Veronica.

We introduced our new, upcoming show, RoleplayDNA, and it's cast: Ron Blessing, Veronica Blessing, Ed Doolittle, Lee Langston, and Justin Suzuki. Look for RoleplayDNA in April 2012!

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We were joined by Geoffrey McKinney, designer of Carcosa and Isle of the Unknown, recently released by Lamentations of the Flame Princess. Of course the controversy surrounding Carcosa was discussed. Overall it was a great time!

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We were joined by game designer and layout artist, Bill Keyes. We discussed his setting for the Hero System, the Widening Gyre, from Blackwyrm Publishing. Of course no discussion of a steampunk game would be complete without waxing philosophical on the genre itself, which we did.

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Kenneth Hite joined us to discuss his latest Gumshoe game from Pelgrane Press, the vampire spy thriller, Night's Black Agents (NBA). During the discussion Ken told us what's upcoming for the game, including a previously unrevealed campaign sourcebook. Toward the end of the show, we even have time to talk about Ken's geekiest effort to date, Adventures Into Darkness.

Game Links:
Ashen Stars
Bubble Gum Shoe
Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG
Day After Ragnarok
Delta Green
Esoterrorists
Fate
Hero
Hunter: The Vigil
Mutants & Masterminds

PDQ: Truth & Justice
Smallville RPG
Trail of Cthulhu
World War Cthulhu

Media Links:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Declare by Tim Powers
George Smiley
Heat
James Bond
Jason Bourne
Kiss Me Deadly
Leverage
Mission: Impossible
Nedor Publishing
Ronin
Taken
Veronica Mars
Ultraviolet

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The Blessings were joined by Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye Games and Leif Olsen and Bill Stilson of the Denver Gamers Association. We discussed Eloy's latest game, Part-Time Gods, and the upcoming Genghis Con XXXIII, at which Eloy will be a guest. Lot's of game-name dropping in this episode, what with the holidays and all…

Links:
Apocalypse Prevention, Inc.
Army of Darkness RPG
Buckaroo Banzai RPG
Cooking for Gamers
Denver Gamers on Facebook
Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space
Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt
Dystopian Wars
Eloy the Saint / Rolling 20s
Flying Frog Games
Fortune and Glory
Gamer: The Blogging
Hero System
Hollow Earth Expedition
ICONS
John Wick Presents
Kill Doctor Lucky
Leverage RPG
The One Ring RPG
Reality Blurs
Savage Worlds
Serenity RPG
Smiling Jack's Bar and Grill
Third Eye Games on Facebook
Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary
WombatCast
Wu Xing: The Ninja Crusade

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We started the episode with some announcements and feedback from Episode 94. Then Chris Rutkowsky, of Basic Action Games, joined us to discuss his new game. Honor +  Intrigue, a game of swashbuckling in the 17th century, has a game engine based on the excellent Barbarians of Lemuria. Chris also brought us up to date on other upcoming releases from Basic Action Games.

Links:
BASH RPG Forums
Basic Action Games' RPGNow Store
Beautiful Brains Books & Games
Cooking for Gamers
DundraCon
GenghisCon
John Wick Presents
Smiling Jack's Bar & Grill

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We were joined by John Wick (John Wick Presents), initially to discuss his latest Little Game, Eldritch High. We did discuss that game, but we ended up catching up on a lot more, including other games in the upcoming Big Book of Little Games, and John's soon-to-be-released Big Game, the Aegis Project.

And check out Rise of the Wombat, a game day sponsored by us, WombatCast.com, and Total Escape Games! You can register for games by calling 303-482-1829 or emailing Sheila at events@TotalEscapeGames.com.

Other Links:
Agents of Oblivion
BASH!
Bliss Stage
Denver Gamers Association
Fabled Environments
GURPS
Play Unsafe
Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering
Savage Worlds
Torg
Vampire

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In his 007th appearance on TGTT, Sean Preston discusses Reality Blurs' latest effort, Agents of Oblivion. Sean also updates us on his other settings. Stick around till the very end to hear the official Razorwise theme song!

Links:
Beautiful Brains Books & Games
Gazebo Story
Girl Genius
Roleplayer's Chronicle
Ron's Preview of AoO
Savage Insider
Spycraft

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After disaster struck recording this the first time, we met the Saturday after TactiCon, in the dining room of the Blessing household, to try again. We were joined by Catherine "CaLeigh" Blessing, Lee Langston, Bill Stilson, Justin Suzuki, Linda Tschappat, and Matthew Ward, to give our impressions of TactiCon 2011. We spent a little time discussing the first ever Savage Saturday Night, west of the Mississippi. CaLeigh also provided the 7-year-old perspective on Con Jr. (which happens at 11:42 in the show, for those family types who may just want to hear her and don't know what a dodecahedron* is).

Links:
Cyberpunk 2020
Denver Gamers Association
Fabled Environments
Freeport
Hero System
Interface Zero
Leverage RPG
Red Lion Hotel
Savage Worlds
Savage World of Solomon Kane
Sherwood
Temporal Probability Agency
Twister
Weekend Warriors (12 to Midnight)
Wombatcast.com

*20-sided die

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We were joined by Charles White of Fabled Environments, and he updates us on what he's been doing since he was on the show four years ago. He also drops a huge prize on us to give away this weekend at TactiCon!!

Links:
Beautiful Brains Books & Games
FATE
ICONS
MACE
Roleplayers Chronicle
Silver Gryphon Games
TactiCon
Tom G's Go Forth and Game
WombatCast

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