Welcome to Season 4 Episode 2 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Invisible Math Behind the Levels
• Unusual Races
• A little Traveller History

Hosts

• Jeff
• Brian
• Marshall

Show Links

• WotC to reprint AD&D 1ed Books
• OSR
  Conservation Project Goes Live
• Paizo RPG Superstar 2012 Contest
• Rodian Rogues and Minbari Paladins
• The Weirdo Card
• Grimtooth’s Traps 30th Anniversary Edition
• Third Eye Games Feb Giveaway
• Our Brief Mention on ENWorld

Welcome to Season 4 Episode 1 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Ryan Dancy's Dire RPG Industry Report
• Wizard's Announcement of 5ed

Hosts

• Jeff
• Brian
• Marshall

Show Links

• Editions of D&D (Wikipeida)
• Ryan Dancey’s Death of RPG Industry Post
• Was 4ed D&D Meant to be a MMORPG?
• The murder/suicide that derailed 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons online
  
• Hero System Licenses
• Technoir HTML Rules for Mobile Devices
• Where No Man Has Gone Before Rules
• EnWorld’s Coverage of 5e

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 21 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Our Views on the How Not to Run Your Game Business Post
• Old Game : Dark Conspiracy

Hosts

• Jeff
• Marshall

Show Links

• Stop Making Games Article
• Can the Red Cross’s Opinion on Violent Games.
• Who Owns Atlantasia’s Artwork?
• 3 Hombres working on new edition of Dark Conspiracy.
• Dungeon a Day is Shutting Down
• Piazo’s RPG Superstar 2012
• Advent Calendar of Evil

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 20 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Community Involvement in RPGs
• Time Keeping In RPG Games
• Why are there not a lot of Puzzles in Adventures

Hosts

• Jeff
• Brian
• Marshall

Show Links

• Menzoberranzan News
• Open Design’s Latest Kickstarter Project
• D6 Online News
• Gaming Paper Website
• Hero Games News
• Award Winners
• #4echat room
• Goblin Works
• Sarah Darkmagic's Column at WotC
• Obsidian Portal
• Live Journal
• Free journal template from Lulu
• RPG-themed covers from CafePress
• Arr-Kelaan Software
• The Starting Tavern
• Masterplan
• TableSmith
• Project management software: 10 Free Products
• Fairly comprehensive comparison table of Project Management Software

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 19 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Out of Print Games and Dead Lines
• What is OSR?

Hosts

• Jeff
• Marshall

Show Links

• Changes at Rogue Games
• Dungeon’s And Dragons Virtual Tabletop finally in Open Beta
• The OSR Blog
• Wikipeida OSRIC
• Stories in the Ether, Issue #2 Available Now
• Nights Black Agents
• White Wolf Releasing Strange Love
• Palladium News
• RPG Circus Google Plus Page

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 18 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Heroic Monsters
• Curses
• How to Help Train a New Game Master

Hosts

• Jeff
• Brian
• Marshall

Show Links

• GenCon plans Four More Years with True Dungeon
• True Dungeon Homepage
• Frog God Games Announces Rappan Athuk for Pathfinder
• 9 Essential Geek Books You Must Read Right Now
• Monte Cook : Preserving the Past
• CCP 20% Layoff World Wide
• Spelljammer Like Setting for D&D 4ed
• Awesomesauce

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 17 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Downtime Between Adventures
• Is there a D&D 5ed in the Future?
• Gamer Stereotype

Hosts

• Jeff
• Brian
• Marshall

Show Links

• Greg Leeds on Dungeons & Dragons' Future
• Monte Cook Returns to Dungeons and Dragons

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 16 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Interview with Leo of DungeonStone
• We talk about Solo Adventures

Hosts

• Jeff
• Mark

Show Links

• NHPR.org - Learning Language and Writing in the Roleplaying World of "Diddorol"
• Diddorol Website
• Mayfair Games Enters 3 Year Co-sponsorship with GenCon
• Mayfair Games VIG Quest Contest
• Piazo Interactive Map Offering for Adventure Paths
• Dungeonstone

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 15 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• When a character is the Problem
• Game : Edge of Midnight
• HP Lovecraft's influence on RPGs

Hosts

• Jeff
• Brian
• Marshall

Show Links

• H.P Lovecraft (Wikipeidia)
• The Last Lovecraft : Relic of Cthulhu (IMDB)
  
• Chaosium Home of the Call of Cthulhu RPG Game
• Complete works of H.P. Lovecraft in ebook format for free.
• Dark Crytal RPG Annoucement
• Heroes of Neverwinter Beta to be released
• Edge of Midnight
• Cast a Deadly Spell (Wikipedia)

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 14 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Interview with Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye Games on Wu Xing
• Poisons in RPGs

Hosts

• Jeff
• Marshall

Show Links

• Third Eye Games
• Wu Xing: The Ninja Crusade Homepage
• Paizo Beats Wizards of the Coast in Sales
• ENnie Award Winners 2011 (PDF)
• ENnie Award Winners 2011 (Blog List)

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 13 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Preview and Thoughts on GenCon 2011
• We give our predictions on the ENnies for 2011

Hosts

• Jeff
• Mark
• Zach
• Marshall

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 12 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Interview with Phil Vecchione and John Arcadia from the Gnome Stew about Engine Publishing's Product Masks
• We offer up suggestions to Mark about his campaign of new players
• We talk a little about the Sociology of RPGs

Hosts

• Jeff
• Mark
• Marshall

Show Links

• Gnome Stew
• Mask Product Page
• Ennie Awards 2011 Nominees
• Dungeon and Dragons Documentary
• iFumble App
• iCrit App
• Traveller AR
• Discussion of Shared Fantasy

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 11 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Playing the Sidekicks
• Skill Overkill

Hosts

• Jeff
• Marshall

Show Links

• Layoffs at WotC
• Origins Award Winners
• Rolling 20s Podcast
• Obsidian Portal’s Haste Podcast
• Third Eye Games

For completeness, Here is the sections of Alex's Comment that we read online.

I have two comments regarding the discussion of playing in large or
small groups. The first point is about the difficulty of providing
equal spotlight to all players in large groups. In my groups of up to
seven players, I usually have one or two really quiet people. When I
ask them, they say they enjoy the game. I figured that they are either
casual players that just enjoy the company and the chaos at the gaming
table, or they just like imagining the events without necessarily
feeling the need to share what is going on in their head. That's how I
stopped worrying about unequal spotlight. The only thing I pay close
attention to is when shy people want to say something but they get
interrupted all the time. I'll make sure that everybody gets their
say, and if necessary that means we'll go around the table, player by
player.

The second point is about NPC characters in the party, or secondary
player characters. In my D&D 3.5 campaign with up to seven players, I
still encourage people to create secondary characters. I have a house
rule saying that all player characters will turn into NPCs of the
campaign setting when they reach level 10 because I don't like how the
rules slow combat down at higher levels. I also have a house rule
saying that new characters start at level one. Thus, there is an
advantage of bringing in secondary characters: if your primary
character dies, or gets taken out of the game, your secondary
character is no longer on level one. I had read about this so-called
entourage approach in the old school fanzine Fight On. Secondary
characters get half XP and that really works for me.

• Our Views on the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Beta
• Dragons as Pets, Cohorts, and Mounts
• Investigative Games - Moving Goalposts and Changing Endpoints

• Jeff
• Brian
• Marshall

• Goodman Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Beta
• Free RPG Day
• Airship Pirates Preview
• Diana Jones Award Nominee Shortlist
• Link 3

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 9 of RPG Circus

Episode Topics

• Why Drow Need to Eat Babies
• Using Leads instead of Clues in Gaming
• Legal Systems in Game Settings

Hosts

• Jeff
• Brian
• Marshall

Show Links

• RPG Podcast Listener Survey
• Piazo Starts Pre-Painted Miniatures with WizKids
• RPG Blog Alliance
• Top 5 RPG Games of 2011 Q1
• ICv2 Reports Gaming Business Picking Up
• Fantasy Flight Games signs two-year sponsorship with Gen Con
• Compact Heroes Kickstarter
• Technoir Kickstarter
• Bulldogs! Kickstarter