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Cast : Rob, Mike, Matt, and Beezley
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 : Luck-balancing mechanics in tabletop gaming

04:20 : On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, from Penny Arcade
07:35 : Comix Zone
08:20 : Age of Conan
14:05 : Fallout
15:20 : A Hunger Like Fire and Marriage of Viciousness and Virtue, by Greg Stolze
15:45 : Blood In, Blood Out by Lucien Soulban
16:25 : Games Workshop
21:45 : Munich
23:10 : The swarm is set to gain another bear.
25:55 : Battlestar Galactica
26:10 : Mike’s Mass Effect campaign portal
27:30 : Grand Theft Auto IV
27:35 : Equilibrium
28:05 : The Strangers
29:00 : 16 Blocks
29:10 : Mos Def
29:30 : Zombies!
31:15 : Resident Evil: Extinction
32:05 : Order of the Stick board game, and the associated comic
32:55 : Tannhauser
33:05 : Rock Band
33:25 : Tsui Hark’s Vampire Hunters
36:45 : Topic discussion begins. The Bear Swarm cast discusses various luck and luck-balancing mechanics in different game systems
37:30 : Eberron
38:40 : Savage Worlds
38:55 : Skies of Glass, from the guys at Fear the Boot
40:15 : Warhammer
42:20 : World of Darkness
44:45 : Legend of the Five Rings
45:25 : Star Wars SAGA
47:25 : Unhallowed Metropolis
56:10 : CyberPunk 2020
58:25 : Fireborn
01:02:00 : WarMachine and Hordes

Shoutouts
Rob : Spirit of the Century & Carl @ Meta-Games
Mike : Solomon Birch
Matt : Jacob’s wife, Megan
Beezley : Iron Man

 

 Episode 9 - An Interesting Fact [81:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Cast : Rob, Mike, Matt, Dan, Kirk, & Beezley
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position: by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : Supplemental material in roleplaying games (and wargaming, too!)

04:05 : Crawl for Cancer in Kansas City
05:10 : Beerfest
10:00 : Cartoons, an oyster bar and grill in Springfield
10:50 : Prince of the City
10:55 : WarMachine
15:15 : Tech N9ne
17:40 : Mindless Self-Indulgence
18:00 : “Bitches” by Mindless Self-Indulgence AMV, featuring Pikachu
23:40 : Topic discussion begins. The Bear Swarm cast discusses using supplemental material in games.
27:45 : Eberron and Forgotten Realms
28:15 : Wizards of the Coast
31:15 : World of Darkness
35:35 : VII (The Seven)
43:45 : Liber Mechanika
44:00 : “Living” campaign realms are managed by the RPGA
47:30 : Games Workshop
1:14:20 : Palladium
1:16:10 : Dogs in the Vineyard
1:17:30 : Urban Dead
1:19:20 : Urban Dead Wiki

Shoutouts
Beezley: Godzilla
Kirk: Jacob’s wife, Megan
Rob: Tech N9ne
Dan: Wendy’s Chicken Caeser Salad
Matt: Crawl for Cancer
Mike: Travian

 

 Episode 7 - Break that Girl [81:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Cast : Rob, Mike, & Matt
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : First Sessions

01:30 : Roleplaying Public Radio (RPPR)
03:00 : Heineken
03:10 : Guinness
03:45 : Battlestar Galactica
03:50 : Dresden Files
04:00 : Mass Effect
05:50 : Mike’s Mass Effect campaign wiki on Obsidian Portal
09:45 : Burn Notice, Supernatural
10:05 : Assassin’s Creed
10:30 : The Dark Knight
10:50 : Iron Man
12:05 : ScreenVision
13:15 : Forbidden Kingdom
13:50 : The Avengers (Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Captain America)
14:20 : Dexter’s Laboratory, Justice Friends
14:40 : Edward Norton
17:00 : Shia LaBeouf
17:15 : Transformers, Constantine
17:40 : Hitman
18:25 : Savage Worlds
19:45 : Dethklok
20:30 : The Mall of America
21:55 : Marvel Zombies
22:00 : The Hamiltons, After Dark Horror Festival
22:20 : Suspect Zero
22:50 : Slither
23:00 : Tsui Hark’s Vampire Hunters
24:55 : Heroes
27:10 : Jason Bourne
27:55 : The Sum of All Fears, Tom Clancy
28:35 : Harrison Ford
28:45 : Ben Affleck
28:50 : Patriot Games, The Hunt for Red October
29:30 : John Clark
30:50 : Children of Men
31:40 : The Prestige
32:35 : A Farewell to Arms
32:50 : The Mod Squad
33:10 : Tears of the Sun
33:20 : The Score
33:40 : TiVo
34:25 : 16 Blocks
34:30 : Master and Commander
34:35 : Eisenhorn
36:10 : Mortfiles
39:15 : Street Fighter: The Movie
39:40 : Monster Rancher
40:25 : Digimon
40:35 : Something Awful
41:35 : Urban Dead
45:30 : Topic discussion begins. The Bear Swarm cast discusses common issues and ideas for first gaming sessions
46:30 : Fear the Boot, Yog Radio, Sons of Kryos, The Butcher Block, Dragon’s Landing Inn
51:10 : Aunt Jemima (no, seriously)
55:30 : We all start coughing here, and then we leave the room for like 5 minutes. Rob sped it up to cut the time down, and it sounds really freaky.
01:03:25 : Shadowrun
01:06:35 : Legend of the Five Rings
01:08:20 : Living Greyhawk
01:10:30 : Morrowind and Oblivion

Shoutouts
Mike: John Winchester
Rob: Dethklok
Matt: ZaReason

 

 Episode 6 - Next Week [76:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Cast : Mike, Matt, Rob, Beezley, Jacob, Dan (partial)
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position: by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Topic : Campaign design

00:55 : Meta-Games Unlimited
01:35 : Murlocs
01:50 : RPPR
02:10 : Henry Rollins
03:55 : Family Guy
05:05 : WarMachine
05:50 : Battlestar Galactica
06:40 : NetFlix
11:10 : Shin Chan
12:35 : Urban Dead
13:05 : Supernatural
13:20 : Hibachi
14:55 : Forbidden Kingdom
17:55 : World of Warcraft
18:10 : Silver Dollar City
19:10 : College of the Ozarks
22:00 : Dresden Files
22:25 : Mass Effect
22:45 : Tabula Rasa
23:15 : Hordes
24:45 : Assassin’s Creed
26:00 : Breath of Fire
26:35 : Lost Odyssey
33:20 : Eberron
36:20 : Training Day
36:35 : Legend of the Five Rings
41:20 : Fear the Boot and Skies of Glass
46:15 : Scion
52:15 : Warhammer 40k and Games Workshop
57:05 : Dragonlance
57:15 : Record of Lodoss War
57:35 : Warlord and AEG
59:35 : Big Eyes, Small Mouth
01:06:15 : Sins of a Solar Empire
01:08:00 : Confrontation - It’s in French, so enjoy
01:20:25 : Glen’s Deviant Art Gallery
01:22:20 : Critters

Shoutouts
Jacob: Burn Notice
Beezley: His mom
Rob: The Warriors
Dan: Glen
Matt: Earth 2
Mike: Cities of the Underworld

 

 Episode 4 - You could be Gambit [85:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Editor’s Note: I WIN!

Cast: Rob, Mike, Matt, Kirk, Jacob
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position: by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Topic :NPCs and their role in gaming

01:05 : Meta-Games Unlimited
02:55 : Dresden Files, specifically Small Favor
03:45 : Battlestar Galactica
04:10 : Mass Effect
04:20 : Jolt Cola
04:30 : Supernatural
05:15 : Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
05:35 : 88 Minutes with Al Pacino
05:50 : Doomsday
06:00 : More covering our asses with TiVo
06:05 : Sins of a Solar Empire
06:40 : World of Darkness
06:45 : Urban Dead
07:05 : Firefox
09:30 : Eberron
09:45 : Ghostbusters 2
12:05 : Chowder
12:10 : Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends
12:20 : Cartoon Network
12:25 : Discovery Channel, History Channel, Comedy Central
12:35 : Cops!
13:20 : Reno 911
14:25 : Rob’s Dresden Files game
17:30 : WarMachine
19:15 : Mike drives a 2007 Toyota Yaris. Now the stalkers know.
23:00 : Topic discussion begins. The Bear Swarm cast talks about NPCs and their role in gaming. Again, Mike fails to keep his mouth shut.
27:25 : Rob is referring to monomyth, also called the Hero’s Journey.
44:15 : Faerun

Shoutouts
Jacob: Patricia Briggs
Kirk: Arby’s
Matt: Battlestar Galactica
Rob: Urban Dead
Mike: Megan, Jacob’s wife

 

 Episode 3 - Who Gets the Last Word [58:37m]: 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

 

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