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Episode 35: 5e Character Creation Review

YOUR HOSTS: Dan, Dave & John SYNOPSIS: This week the three of us (plus mike-chicken Shannon) created our first characters for fifth edition! This is our post-creation discussion talking about how we feel about the process, and the options available in the Player's Handbook for new characters.

Direct download: RFB-035.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:32pm EDT
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Episode 34: Are Options Really Optional?

YOUR HOST: Dan. SYNOPSIS: Another solo run this week. I discuss whether or not optional supplements are really all that optional if we are spending money to bring them to the table. At the cost of these books, one would be hard-pressed to dismiss them!

Direct download: RFB-034.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:18pm EDT
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Episode 33: Is the Golden Age Now?

YOUR HOST: Dan. SYNOPSIS: Dan's flying solo again with another editorial show. This time discussing how the options given right now, as well as the current positive sentiment amongst the gaming community, allow for a good argument that we are in the golden age of table-top gaming and D&D.

Direct download: RFB-033.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:27pm EDT
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Episode 32: Let's Get This Party Started Again!

YOUR HOSTS: Dan, Dave & John. SYNOPSIS: The sickness & schedule conflicts are over finally, for both the show and our campaign! So, we're going with the best way to restart the show by talking about restarting your campaign after a month or two off. We talk reboots, retcons, and more.

Direct download: RFB-032.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:33pm EDT
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Episode 31: The Dungeon Masters Guide-A-Thon!

YOUR HOSTS: Dan, Dave & John. SYNOPSIS: John & Dan finally got their mitts on the 5e DMG, so we can finally do our run-through of this necessary tome through the years! We talk about how the 1e DMG set an almost impossible bar to meet, how the 2e DMG was ingenious in its matching the PHB content, how the 3.5 DMG became absolutely required for players also, how the 4e DMG was almost perfect in its advice for new DMs, and our initial thoughts on the 5th edition book!

Direct download: RFB-031.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:32pm EDT
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Episode 30: 2014 D&D Audio Wishbook!

YOUR HOSTS: Dan & Al SYNOPSIS: Now that Thanksgiving has past and Black Friday is here, it's time to discuss the things that would have been in our own version of the Wishbook catalog from days ago! We talk about all the great stuff you can ask for for your holiday-of-choice, and where to potentially find these items! Also, if you aren't the kind of person to drop hints as to what you want, we recommend you have one of the people you may have buying you stuff listen to this one.

Direct download: RFB-030.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:08pm EDT
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Episode 29: These Levels are Epic

YOUR HOSTS: Dan, Dave & Tim. SYNOPSIS: This week we talk about the play-style of higher levels, how or if they break down, and how to handle epic level play as a DM. And we all agree that, no matter the edition, druids are just plain wrong at high level.

Direct download: RFB-029.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:43pm EDT
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Episode 28: Magic, Mystery, and Awe

YOUR HOST: Dan SYNOPSIS: With the sick going around in the RFB headquarters, Dan takes the helm solo for this show. After a quick talk about the recently-shipped Dwarven Forge Kickstarter (AWESOME!), I decide to expand on the concept of gaming "magic" from our earliest days of chucking dice, through anecdotes of my earlier gaming. I hope you enjoy this one, as the personal stories of gamers are what makes the game great.

Direct download: RFB-028.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:47am EDT
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Episode 27: Rose-Tint My First Character

YOUR HOSTS Dan, Dave & Tim. SYNOPSIS: The guys power through multiple interruptions and discuss how awesome and yet totally awful our first characters were, as well as why they may have been and if we managed to learn our lessons by the time character #2 came around (spoiler alert: we didn't). We also ponder why we have such fond memories of such shitty characters, and how to get that feeling of awe and mystery back.

Direct download: RFB-027.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:58pm EDT
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Episode 26: OGL in Hindsight

YOUR HOSTS: Dan, Tim & Jim. SYNOPSIS: This week the guys discuss the impact that the OGL & SRD have had on D&D and its community, including the onset of Pathfinder, OSR and retro-clones. Was the OGL beneficial in the end or not? We bring up a few points and try to show different angles to the discussion.

Direct download: RFB-026.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:07pm EDT
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