January 10, 2010
Cast : Rob, Mike, Artemis and Paul
Topic : Death and Resurrection
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Outro: Train to Nowhere
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01:35 : Berries & Cream
04:24 : Geist
04:37 : Ralph Machio
06:30 : Forgotten Realms
13:52 : The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
18:06 : The Unit
34:25 : Eberron
Shoutouts
Rob: The Podgecast
Mike: Scribblenauts
Artemis: Primus
Paul: Waffles
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March 16, 2009
Cast : Rob, Mike, Paul, Artemis, and Jason
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
- Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Transition: TeKilla & Hang Me High- Outro: Train to Nowhere -
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : Character Creation
Bear Swarm is a member of Spooky Outhouse Productions.
2:48 : Battlestar Galactica
3:33 : Ricki-O
9:15 : Topic Discussion Begins
10:10 : World of Darkness
11:45 : Eberron
16:20 : Hero with 1000 Faces
17:20 : Iron Kingdoms
22:05 : L5R
24:30 : Seven Samurai, Samurai Champloo, Lone Wolf & Cub
26:18 : Amalgam
38:00 : Street Fighter 4
42:37 : Oblivion
42:50 : Fable
42:57 : The Witcher
43:37 : Fallout 3
47:15 : Baldur’s Gate
47:40 : Mass Effect
49:00 : Neverwinter Nights 2
51:31 : A Boy and His Dog
52:02 : Mad Max
53:53 : Azumi
54:22 : The Bride with White Hair
Shoutouts
Rob: Worms
Mike: Gametap
King: Turkey Bowling
Paul: The Name of the Wind
Artemis: 99 Bricks
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Also tagged 99 Bricks, A Boy and His Dog, Amalgam, Azumi, Baldur's Gate, Battlestar Galactica, Fable, Fallout 3, Gametap, Hero with 1000 Faces, Iron Kingdoms, Legend of the Five Rings, Lone Wolf & Cub, Mad Max, Mass Effect, Neverwinter Nights 2, Oblivion, Ricki-O, Samurai Champloo, Seven Samurai, Street Fighter 4, The Bride with White Hair, The Name of the Wind, The Witcher, Turkey Bowling, World of Darkness, Worms –
March 2, 2009
Cast : Rob, Mike, Artemis, and Jason (aka King)
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
- Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Transition: TeKilla – Outro: Train to Nowhere -
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : Gritty or Heroic
Bear Swarm is a member of Spooky Outhouse Productions.
6:49 : Heroes
8:00 : Incarnations of Immortality
8:07 : The Prince
8:20 : Space Empires V
8:26 : Final Fantasy Tactics
11:00 : Wii Fit
12:32 : Oregon Trail
12:58 : Thule Trail
14:45 : Save against Frostbite
15:18 : Fallout 3
15:19 : Arrested Development
15:35 : Supernatural
15:40 : Burn Notice
15:47 : Neverwinter Nights 2
16:14 : Rambo
17:45 : Streetfighter IV
23:14 : Call of Duty
30:15 : Houses of the Blooded
32:19 : Battletech
32:27 : Warmachine
36:04 : Family Guy
36:45 : Topic Discussion Begins
37:16 : Monty Python
38:13 : John Wayne
42:22 : Clint Eastwood
43:00 : Max Payne
43:26 : Grand Torino
46:20 : L5R
46:47: Savage Worlds
46:58 : 7th Sea
47:37 : World of Darkness
48:13 : Dogs in the Vineyard
49:30 : Blade Runner
49:49 : Tombstone & Deadwood
57:18 – 59:50 : Midnight, All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Terra Primate, Ravenloft, Shadowrun, Sin City, Blade, G.T.A.,
& the Dresden Files
1:00:35 – 1:02:56 : Spirit of the Century, Star Wars, Mutants & Masterminds, Eberron, Forgotten Realms,
& the Justice League
1:03:06 : Firefly
1:03:16 : Alien
1:03:20 : Star Trek
1:04:15 : Babylon 5
1:05:57 : Mousegaurd
1:08:00 : The Road
Shoutouts
Mike: Battles B.C. & Warriors
Artemis: Thermopylae
Appolyon: Necessary Evil
Jason: Snowcrash
Rob: Horror Recognition Guide
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Also tagged 7th Sea, Alien, All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Arrested Development, Babylon 5, Battles BC, BattleTech, Blade, Blade Runner, Burn Notice, Call of Duty, Clint Eastwood, Deadwood, Dogs in the Vineyard, Dresden Files, Fallout 3, Family Guy, Final Fantasy Tactics, Firefly, Forgotten Realms, Grand Torino, GTA, Heros, Horror Recognition Guide, Houses of the Blooded, Incarnations of Immortality, John Wayne, Justice League, Legend of the Five Rings, Max Payne, Midnight, Monty Python, Mousegaurd, Mutants & Masterminds, Neccesary Evil, Neverwinter Nights 2, Oregon Trail, Rambo, Ravenloft, Savage Worlds, Save Against Frostbite, Shadowrun, Sin City, Snowcrash, Space Empires V, Spirit of the Century, Star Trek, Star Wars, Streetfighter IV, Supernatural, Terra Primate, The Prince, The Road, Thermopylae, Thule Trail, Tombstone, WarMachine, Warriors, Wii Fit, World of Darkness –
June 9, 2008
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
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Also tagged 16 Blocks, Age of Conan, Battlestar Galactica, Bruce Willis, CyberPunk, Dragons Landing Inn, Dungeons & Dragons, Equilibrium, Fallout, Fear the Boot, Fireborn, Games Workshop, Grand Theft Auto IV, Greg Stolze, Guest Speaker, Hordes, Iron Man, Legend of the Five Rings, Lucien Soulban, Mass Effect, Meta-Games Unlimited, Mos Def, Munich, Order of the Stick, Penny Arcade, Robert Downey Jr., Rock Band, Samuel L. Jackson, Savage Worlds, Sega, Skies of Glass, Spirit of the Century, Star Wars, Tannhauser, The Strangers, Unhallowed Metropolis, Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, WarMachine, World of Darkness, Zombies! –
June 2, 2008
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
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Also tagged Beerfest, Book of Nine Swords, Dogs in the Vineyard, Dungeons & Dragons, Forgotten Realms, Games Workshop, Iron Kingdoms, Mindless Self-Indulgence, Palladium, Prince of the City, Privateer Press, Rifts, RPGA, Tech N9ne, Travian, Urban Dead, WarMachine, White Wolf, Wizards of the Coast, World of Darkness –
May 26, 2008
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
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Also tagged 16 Blocks, A Farewell to Arms, Assassin's Creed, Aunt Jemima, Batman, Battlestar Galactica, Ben Affleck, Burn Notice, Butcher Block, Children of Men, Constantine, Dethklok, Dexter's Laboratory, Digimon, Dragons Landing Inn, Dresden Files, Dungeons & Dragons, Edward Norton, Eisenhorn, Forbidden Kingdom, Guinness, Harrison Ford, Heineken, Heroes, Hitman, Iron Man, Jim Butcher, John Clark, Justice Friends, Legend of the Five Rings, Marlin Brando, Mass Effectc, Master and Commander, Monster Rancher, Mortfiles, Obsidian Portal, Patriots Games, Robert DeNiro, Robert Downey Jr., RPPR, Samuel L. Jackson, Savage Worlds, Shadowrun, Shia LaBeouf, Slither, Something Awful, Sons of Kryos, Street Fighter: The Movie, Supernatural, Suspect Zero, Tears of the Sun, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, The Hamiltons, The Hunt for Red October, The Mod Squad, The Prestige, The Score, The SUm of All Fears, TiVo, Tom Clancy, Transformers, Urban Dead, Yog Radio –
May 19, 2008
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
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Also tagged AEG, Assassin's Creed, Battlestar Galactica, Big Eyes Small Mouth, Breath of Fire, Confrontation, Dragonlance, Dresden Files, Dungeons & Dragons, Family Guy, Fear the Boot, Forbidden Kingdom, Games Workshop, Henry Rollins, Hordes, Legend of the Five Rings, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, Meta-Games Unlimited, Privateer Press, Record of Lodoss War, RPPR, Scion, Shin Chan, Sins of a Solar Empire, Skies of Glass, Supernatural, Tabula Rasa, Training Day, Urban Dead, Warhammer 40k, Warlord, WarMachine, World of Warcraft –
May 12, 2008
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
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Also tagged Al Pacino, Battlestar Galactica, Cartoon Network, Chowder, Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, Dresden Files, Dungeons & Dragons, Forgotten Realms, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, History Channel, Jim Butcher, Jolt Cola, Lord of the Rings, Mass Effect, Meta-Games Unlimited, Obsidian Portal, Patricia Briggs, Sins of a Solar Empire, Star Wars, Supernatural, TiVo, Urban Dead, WarMachine, World of Darkness –
April 28, 2008
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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Also tagged Adult Swim, BattleTech, Ben Baily, Big Eyes Small Mouth, Breakfast, Cash Cab, Dark Heresy, Dexter, Dogs in the Vineyard, Dragons Landing Inn, Dragon’s Landing, Dungeons & Dragons, Exalted, Fanboy Smackdown, Fear the Boot, Fear the Con, Final Fantasy, Fireborn, HERO system, Hordes, Iron Kingdoms, Legend of the Five Rings, Mage: The Awakening, MechWarrior, Meta-Game boards, Meta-Games Unlimited, Mortfiles.com, Pandemonium, Paranoia, Rifts, Role Playing Public Radio, Savage Worlds, Scramblers, Serenity RPG, Shadowrun, Shin Chan, Showtime, Skies of Glass, Space Frontiers, Springfield Music, Star Frontiers, Vampire the Masquerade, Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, WarMachine, World of Darkness –
