Advertise on podcast: Loot Mechanics

I guess Evil Genius really was the loser in that lawsuit against Netflix, after all… * Intro (0:34) – Our week, in brief. * Tabletop Roleplaying (3:17) – Evil Genius Games is in a death spiral, but… why? * Wrap (38:40) – Daybreak sold off “Planetside” from their stable of IPs, and outlook for Hasbro looks not so good… “Burn The World Waltz” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to the podcast here!

Is a successor to the Nintendo Switch coming later this year? We discuss it on today’s show. * Intro (0:34) – What have we been up to? * Video Games (6:37) – Is Nintendo making a Switch 2? No, they’re making 10 million of them. * Wrap (26:38) – Scormey got a few new TTRPGs recently. “Burn The World Waltz” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to the podcast here!

Is Hasbro selling the D&D IP off? Okay, no… but should they? We discuss on today’s show! * Intro (0:49) – What have we been playing? * Tabletop Gaming (7:30) – Hasbro reportedly is negotiating with Tencent to buy the D&D IP!… Except it was nothing but bulls**t. That said, should Hasbro sell it off? * Wrap (44:41) – The Evil Genius lawsuit against Netflix has been resolved! “Burn The World Waltz” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to the podcast here!

Beoulus and Scormus discuss how video games used to be released, as opposed to the new models, and which is superior. * Intro (0:49) – Our week, in brief. * Video Games (10:36) – BG3’s director thinks the game shouldn’t be on subscription services. Is this old-school mindset hurting the game, in the long term? * Wrap (34:06) – Final thoughts (Storytime!) “Burn The World Waltz” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to the podcast here!

Today, Scormey and Beoulus break out our nearly 100 years of combined tabletop roleplaying experience to lay down some knowledge regarding the Golden Age of Roleplaying. * Intro (0:49) – Our week, in brief. * Tabletop Roleplaying (3:28) – No, the Golden Age of Roleplaying is NOT over. * Wrap (38:22) – Final thoughts. “Burn The World Waltz” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to the podcast here!

MidJourney manages to shoot themselves in the foot, during an ongoing lawsuit, and “City of Heroes” is back! * Intro (0:49) – What Scormey and Beoulus have been playing lately. * Other (10:38) – AI art is plagiarism. Just ask the CEO of MidJourney… * Wrap (44:19) – “City of Heroes” is no longer a zombie MMORPG, and is officially back from the dead. “Burn The World Waltz” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to the podcast here!

The holidays are over, so let’s catch up on gaming news! There’s only one story worth discussing in depth, though, and that is Hasbro eating itself alive through gross mismanagement! * Intro (0:49) – How were our holidays? * Tabletop Gaming (5:57) – Let’s talk about Hasbro’s huge layoffs, including 1,100 WotC employees, just two weeks before Christmas! With WotC being Hasbro’s only profitable arm, does this spell doom for the conglomerate as a whole? * Wrap (35:02) – Bobby Kotick is finally gone! Woo-hoo! “Burn The World Waltz” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to the podcast here!

Hey, look… We don’t want to record during the holidays, like we did last year (shudder!), so instead you get… this. It’s a retrospective of the ‘best’ segments of our show over the last year, which is totally subjective so just shut up, okay? * Intro (0:49) – Our thoughts on the year just past * Tabletop Roleplaying (17:17) – The OGL Controversy (Ep. #307) * Video Games (1:00:19) – CIG gives a partial refund on “Star Citizen” and everyone loses their minds (Ep. 333) * Tabletop Roleplaying (1:19:54) – There was a canceled “Rebel Moon” TTRPG? (Ep. 344) * Wrap (1:52:23) – Closing thoughts. “Burn The World Waltz” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to the podcast here!

Take a few minutes away from your Christmas Cheer™, and listen to Beoulus and Scormey discuss their choices for the Best and Worst Games of 2023! * Intro (0:49) – Holiday Wishes from Lunatics. * Other (4:23) – The Best Games of 2023 * Other (24:09) – The Worst Games of 2023 * Wrap (52:23) – Final thoughts. “Alchemists Tower” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to the podcast here!

Yes, we’re doing this tired old joke again. Sue me, it’s the Holidays, and we needed quick content so Beoulus and I can go enjoy them, rather than sitting at our computers recording shows! * Intro (0:49) – Have we been playing any Holiday-themed games? No? Then what have we been up to? * Other (4:33) – Last-Minute Gift Guide, assuming you’re a bad gift-giver. You know who you are. * Other (12:20) – Last-Minute Gift Guide, assuming you’re an amazing gift-giver, who just forgot or whatever. * Wrap (21:54) – Final thoughts. “Alchemists Tower” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to the podcast here!

The last kinda-topical show of 2023! * Intro (0:49) – Scormey is Doing The Thing™, while Beoulus plays what he can. * Main (2:54) – The Return of “GM/DM Advice”… or something like that. * Wrap (48:07) – Thoughts on “Palia”, and whether it is ‘Too little, Too late’. “Alchemists Tower” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to the podcast here!

An innovative TTRPG system set aside in favor of being 5e-Compatible, and other crimes against Humanity, on this week’s show. * Intro (0:49) – Scormey unconsciously embraces a questline in “Starfield”, and other gaming stuff. * TTRPG (9:39) – Adventure Time, or Adventure Crime? * Wrap (27:55) – Matt Colville’s upcoming TTRPG hits Backerkit this week! “Alchemists Tower” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe to the podcast here!