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by Paul TevisHave Games, Will Travel is an irregularly scheduled podcast hosted by freelance writer and game reviewer Paul Tevis. It features reviews of board, card, and roleplaying games; gaming industry news; and reports from gaming's biggest conventions and trade shows. Enjoy!
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Have Games, Will Travel #102
17/09/2007
Inside The Game Designer's Studio with Monte Cook
0:36 - Today's episode is an interview of Monte Cook for Inside the Game Designer's Studio, conducted at GenCon 2007.
1:47 - This show is part of the Gaming Broadcast Network.
1:54 - I welcome Monte, grill him on his game design history, and eventually subject him to the famous "10 Questions."
32:30 - With my work complete, I turn Monte over to the audience for a question and answer session for the remainder of the interview.
1:00:09 - Mike Sugarbaker from the OgreCave Audio Report says hello.
1:00:21 -Thank you very much to Monte and Jared Sorensen for making this happen. Special thanks to Ethan Parker from Gamer's Haven for providing me with this recording.
--Paul
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HG,WT: For A Few Games More #5
06/09/2007
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Social Combat Mechanics
Inspired by Episode 9 of the Grimm Studios podcast.
(See also what I want from a gaming system in episode 86.)
--Paul
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Have Games, Will Travel #101
05/09/2007
Interview with Kenneth Hite at GenCon 2007
0:37 - I sat down with frequent guest Kenneth Hite at GenCon to talk about what we saw at the show that excited us.
1:26 - This show is a member of the Goblin Broadcast Network.
1:33 - Ken and I weren't able to do this at GenCon last year, as he was at Ropecon in Finland. He's glad to be back.
3:34 - Both of us were tremendously impressed by Jason Morningstar's Grey Ranks, a game about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
6:12 - Ken got a glimpse at Julia Ellingboe's Steal Away Jordan, a game about slavery in the antebellum American South. I had the opportunity to play in a demo of it, and it deeply affected me as well.
10:13 - I tried to pick up The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane from Pinnacle, but it was sold out.
11:50 - Neither of us have a had chance to read Monte Cook's World of Darkness or Changeling: The Lost from White Wolf, but they look great.
12:49 - Both of us have had a chance to look at Blossoms Are Falling, the newest supplement Burning Wheel supplement, covering Heian-era Japan.
13:47 - We talk about the Ashcan Front, using Paul Czege's Acts of Evil as an example.
16:09 - Oh yeah, and Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition was announced, but we don't know that much specific about it. That doesn't stop us from speculating.
20:33 - Edited by James Lowder, Hobby Games: The 100 Best is a great collection of essays by one hundred game designers about their favorite games. We recommend it, and not just because Ken is one of those hundred.
23:58 - Both us were jazzed by different parts of Post-Apocalyptic Hero, the latest Hero System genre book.
24:36 - In the quick hits segment we talk about the Pirate's Guide to Freeport, Dirty Secrets, The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries, and Blood and Bronze.
27:23 True to form, Ken manages a seamless segue to talk about the forthcoming Trail of Cthulhu before we go.
28:42 - Don Dehm from the Parsec Award-winning Pulp Gamer podcast says hello.
28:48 - I'll be back next episode with my interview with Monte Cook for Inside the Game Designers Studio.
--Paul
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Have Games, Will Travel #100
27/08/2007
Episode 100
0:33 - Welcome to episode 100! GenCon was a great time, not only because of the roast we recorded for this episode, but also because Have Games, Will Travel won the Gold ENnie for Best Podcast. Thanks to all of you for support.
3:16 - This show is a member of the Gaming Broadcast Network.
3:24 - Ryan Macklin of Master Plan kicks off the festivities at GenCon. He take his duties as Roastmaster seriously.
4:18 - Jared Sorensen and his index cards get the party started.
8:14 - Rich Rogers from Canon Puncture demonstrates why I donât do a vidcast.
11:39 - Fred Hicks signs over his soul.
16:34 - Don Dehm from Pulp Gamer tries to convince people thatâs heâs actually Derek.
19:30 - Jeff, Judd, and Storn from the Sons of Kryos bring the love. Tough, tough love.
23:27 - Silas Applebottom of The Little Shop of Crappy Games in Deathtrap, IA (aka Randy Porter) talks about my gaming past.
26:40 - Jeff Tidball tells a story thatâs funny because itâs true.
29:23 - Michelle Nephew talks about the experience of working with me at conventions.
31:07 - JJ Lanza from Fist Full of Comics and Games explores my obsession to be first with everything.
33:34 - Mario Dongu from the Game Master Show reads the Top 5 list the Pod Thralls prepared.
37:48 - Brennan Taylor, my co-host from The Voice of the Revolution, tells us what itâs like to do a podcast with me.
40:58 - Frequent guest Kenneth Hite gives us a sneak peak as to what itâs like to play in games with me. (Note to Ken: Charles Grodin never won an Oscar.)
48:10 - Ryan opens up the floor to questions.
52:10 - I finally get a chance to speak my peace and look back at one hundred amazing episodes.
1:02:08 - Chris Hanrahan and Brian Isikoff from 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction pass along their congratulations.
1:02:32 - And that will do it for Have Games, Will Travel #100. Thank you all for making this possible.
--Paul
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Have Games, Will Travel #99
13/08/2007
GenCon 2007 Preview
0:33 - Before I talk about GenCon, I want to thank Doug Garrett for a great weekend of boardgames. You can hear me talk with Doug and others on episode 77 of Garrett's Games and Geekiness.
1:57 - This show is a member of the Goblin Broadcast Network.
2:04 - If you're going to GenCon for the first time, check out my GenCon Survival Guide in episode 69. Also be sure to take a look at Randy Porter's website, The Keeper of Ancient GenCon Lore. If you're interested in indie and story games, the Indie Games Passport and Games on Demand may be of interest to you.
6:15 - Stuff I already know I'm buying:
Pirates Guide to Freeport
Post-Apocalyptic Hero
Solomon Kane
Blossoms are Falling
The Roach Returns
Grey Ranks
The Drifter's Escape
12:53 - I'm going to check out:
Commission for the Exploration of Mysteries
Blood & Bronze
Cold City Companion
Bliss Stage
Hollow Earth Expedition
Changling: The Lost
Battlestar Galactica
Grimm
Hobby Games: The 100 Best
40 Years of GenCon
Midgard
Cold War: CIA vs KGB
Before the Wind
Storytellers
19:07 - Ryan Macklin says hi.
19:14 - Places you can find me:
Inside the Game Designers Studio, Friday 4-5PM, Embassy Suites: Chancellor 1ENnies, Friday 9:30 PM, Indiana Roof Ballroom
Podcasters Party, Saturday 7-9 PM, Hyatt: Cosmopolitan B
HG,WT #100, after the Podcasters Party
Ashcan Front Booth (#1940), throughout the show
--Paul
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