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Cast : Rob, Mike, and Matt
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Transition Music : “Sore Spot” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : Setting Suggestions

01:00 : Warmachine Weekend and Iron Agenda
04:30 : Soul Calibur IV
05:00 : Sons of Anarchy
09:50 : Warhammer Online
13:20 : Project Aftermath
14:40 : Battletech
16:40 : Bear Swarm begins discussion of setting suggestions
17:40 : Sundered Skies
19:50 : Thread for Dark Fanstasy
32:30 : Alternate History Thread
35:00 : Dark Future Thread

Shoutouts
Rob: Sons of Anarchy
Mike: Project Aftermath
Matt: NHL Season Starts

 

 Episode 26 - Setting Suggestions [54:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Cast : Rob, Mike, and Matt
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Transition Music : “Sore Spot” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : Game re-releases and new editions

03:35 : Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures
06:15 : Fear the Boot
07:55 : Paizo Publishing
08:15 : Pathfinder
13:05 : Ozark Fitness
17:25 : Darwin Awards
21:45 : Nerf Guns
24:10 : All Flesh Must Be Eaten
24:15 : Munchkin
26:30 : TruTV
27:45 : Superbad
29:35 : The Incredible Hulk
29:50 : Iron Man, Batman Begins
32:45 : Edward Norton
32:55 : William Hurt
33:05 : Tim Roth
33:15 : Pulp Fiction
34:30 : Get Smart
34:35 : Steve Carell, Dwayne Johnson, Masi Oka
37:10 : The Watchmen
38:15 : Great Expectations
43:10 : The Watchmen (movie)
43:20 : Zack Snyder
43:40 : Jeffrey Dean Morgan
43:45 : Supernatural
44:20 : Wanted
45:20 : Dresden Files
45:35 : Battlestar Galactica **SPOILER ALERTS GALORE SEASON 3**
57:45 : Battlestar Galactica spoilers are over
58:00 : Topic discussion begins. The Bear Swarm cast discusses new game editions and releases.
01:03:45 : Mike Mearls
01:04:15 : Bruce Cordell
01:14:45 : World of Darkness
01:22:05 : Legend of the Five Rings
01:24:30 : BattleTech

Shoutouts
Rob: The Watchmen
Matt: H. P. Lovecraft
Mike: Sryth

 

 Episode 11 - Talk about Monkeys [97:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Editor’s Note: Mike writes the show notes. I think his “funny” commentary on our show is a waste of time. If you’re in agreement (or disagreement for that matter) leave a comment on this page (http://www.bearswarm.com/episode-002-we-record-this) to let us know. I managed to steer control of the first couple episodes to a more link-oriented style, but Mike takes direction about as well as a six year old hopped up on Pixy Stix.

Cast : Rob, Mike, Matt, Beezley, & Jacob
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position: by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Topic : Using Established Settings in Role-Playing

01:30 : Bear Swarm recording, as always, is done at Meta-Games Unlimited in Springfield.
02:40 : The Group Template is an RPG tool available from the guys at Fear the Boot
03:30 : Beezly is playing Oblivion, the poor bastard.
03:55 : Splinter Cell gets dissed… maybe lauded… who knows.
04:05 : Beezly made it to the 3rd disk of Final Fantasy 7 in a day. Hardcore.
04:40 : We cover our asses with TiVo again.
04:55 : Beezly watched like half of Sweeney Todd. Good job.
07:10 : Rob recently saw Street Kings.
07:20 : Rob also went to see a local 80’s tribute band, Machine Gun Symphony.
08:30 : Mike has been playing lots of Sins of a Solar Empire.
09:00 : Mike, Rob, and Jacob all recently finished the newest Dresden Files novel, Small Favor.
09:30 : Jim Butcher sucking-up commences.
10:40 : Life would be sweet if it was more like Ghost in the Shell.
13:10 : Rob got Taco Bell, but has no idea what the hell happened to it.
15:10 : Rob looks like a white Castro in his hat.
16:20 : Rob went to the Borders at the mall to buy My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon, because Barnes & Noble didn’t have it.
16:55 : Rob can’t find Many Bloody Returns. Help!
22:00 : New Bear Swarm show format is discussed.
22:35 : Rob comes without the proper music, and tries to do the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly theme with his mouth to cover for it.
23:20 : Show topic is introduced by Matt. Mike can’t keep his mouth shut long enough for Matt to get through it, though.
24:05 : Mike is working on a Mass Effect conversion in the Savage Worlds system, and Rob is working on a Dresden Files game using the World of Darkness.
24:10 : There is a Dresden RPG coming out soon, but Rob is impatient.
25:10 : Obligatory Star Wars RPG discussion. We apologize.
28:40 : Iron Kingdoms is a valid “outside source”
29:15 : Chainmail is from the 70’s.
30:40 : Jacob has used “Iron Worlds” to run games before. Nobody else knows what the hell it is, and neither Mike or Rob can find its existence on the internet. Jacob must be lying.
30:55 : Jacob’s also done Serenity.
31:05 : StarCraft, too. Apparently he loves Sci-Fi.
32:45 : Ghostbusters in the Vineyard. Rob is clever.
34:15 : Matt ran All Flesh Must be Eaten. Once.
35:15 : Mike put the Elric Brothers into his Iron Kingdoms game.
36:15 : Mike also stole like half the cast of Battlestar Galactica for his Mass Effect game. What a hack.
36:45 : Edward James Olmos IS awesome. Any arguments? Didn’t think so.
37:35 : Jacob plays a fair amount of BattleTech.
38:35 : Mike think she talks about this CyberPunk campaign a lot.
38:50 : Sean Bean is cool. He was in Ronin and Equilibrium.
40:10 : Vinny Jones scares us. Rightfully so.
40:30 : Danny Trejo is typecast as hell.
41:45 : Rob based an L5R character on Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
43:40 : Rob ran a game based on a song by She Wants Revenge.
44:55 : Beezly based a character on a Rammstein song.
45:15 : Mike has an idea for a Dogs in the Vineyard town based on a Ludo song.
46:05 : Johnny Cash rules.
50:25 : Jacob has written a couple Knights of the Old Republic-style games.
1:02:40 : Mike is such a nerd that he roleplays ALL THE TIME, even while playing board games like Prince of the City.
01:03:30 : Risk would be a pretty cool way to create a campaign world.
01:04:20 : Monopoly RPG.

Shout Outs
Mike: Real Life webcomic
Matt: Battlestar Galactica
Rob: Guinness and Jagermeister
Jacob: Subway
Beezly: Jim Butcher

 

 Episode 2 - We Record This [66:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Cast : Rob, Mike, Matt, Jacob, Beezley, and Kirk
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position: by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com

02:05 : Adino is Mike’s forum handle on the Meta-Game boards.
06:05 : Mage: The Awakening
10:10 : Savage Worlds
10:20 : Dark Heresy
10:25 : HERO system
13:25 : Bear Swarm show format is discussed
14:35 : Role Playing Public Radio
14:45 : Dragon’s Landing
15:35 : Dungeons & Dragons
15:45 : Iron Kingdoms
16:05 : Dogs in the Vineyard
16:10 : Fear the Boot and Skies of Glass
17:40 : Shadowrun
17:50 : Rifts
18:05 : World of Darkness
18:15 : Pandemonium, Paranoia, Space Frontiers, BattleTech/MechWarrior, Legend of the Five Rings
19:30 : WarMachine and Hordes
19:50 : Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy
20:00 : Final Fantasy
21:10 : Vampire the Masquerade
22:15 : Eberron
22:45 : Fireborn
24:15 : Big Eyes Small Mouth, Exalted
24:25 : Serenity RPG

List of Thank Yous
Lonnie from Dragons Landing Inn
Dan from Fear the Boot
Tony from Fanboy Smackdown (Amongst other podcasts)
Denton from Springfield Music
Jimi from Mortfiles.com
Meta-Games Unlimited

Shout Outs
Rob: Ben Baily from Cash Cab
Mike: Shin Chan from Adult Swim
Matt:Fear the Boot for Fear the Con and Skies of Glass
Kirk: Jacob’s Wife for cookies
Jacob: Dexter the Showtime show
Beezely: Breakfast at Scramblers

 

 Episode 0 - Just a little Banter [31:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download