‘Tis the post season to be catching up, so here goes: another refugee from the holiday season, this Audio Report episode brings us back to the height of the season’s buying rush, just after Black Friday. Steve’s mind seems to have held up to the retail store pressure, but just
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2007 OgreCave Christmas Gift Guide – pt 4
Just under the wire, the final installment of the 2007 OgreCave Christmas Gift Guide is here. This final list is our traditional “Eleventh Hour Special” – that is, downloadable gift suggestions, cutting that all-inhibiting shipping time delay right out of the equation. Only hours remain until folks start opening gifts,
2007 OgreCave Christmas Gift Guide – pt 2
Holiday parties and other happy interruptions have delayed us, but the OgreCave Christmas Gift Guide shall not be stopped! Continuing our 2007 gift suggestion lists, we present Twelve Games Under the Tree, our picks from gaming goodies over $20. Time grows short, so get to your local game store and
2007 OgreCave Christmas Gift Guide – pt 1
It’s that time of year. You know: time to give and receive games, and spend the holidays playing ’em! For those of you looking for the perfect game to bestow upon a hapless victim – er, beloved relative or friend, rather – we’ve got you covered with our seventh annual
Audio Report – Serving up hate with gravy
Turkey day and the resulting family obligations pushed this Audio Report episode back a bit, so we’re happy to get this one out there. We got some serious hate on for WotC’s Dungeon Survival Guide and the overall flawed 4th Edition preview marketing approach thus far. Miniatures throwing gang signs,
Audio Report – 2007 Ogre’s Choice Awards
Despite my extra hours at work, the editing’s finally complete on our latest OgreCave Audio Report. Our first episode ever with all four regulars, we close out the Gen Con ’06 – Gen Con ’07 product year with our second annual Ogre’s Choice Awards. Now, keep in mind that we
Audio Report – Conventions, awards, and sundry
In our latest show, Mike, Chris and I talk of things that came from Origins ’07. That leads to the Origins Awards, rambles into discussion of the ENnies, of our upcoming 2007 Ogre’s Choice Awards, and several other things along the way. This time, we’re wondering what you’d nominate for
Audio Report: Roleplay free or die
Assuming you got to a participating store on Free RPG Day, of course. In this episode recorded last week, I met up with Free RPG Day founder Aldo Ghiozzi and Gary of Black Diamond Games to get their respective takes on the event. Our crew also gets into other recent
Audio Report: when two wizzes go to war
… it ain’t a Tom Jolly game, baby. Get our squad’s analysis of the WizKids/WotC patent suit, plus a complete rundown on KublaCon in this episode, and of course get stocked up on backstock over here.
Audio Report: we still do that
So here we go. Sorry for the delay. You can still subscribe and access old shows over here. We have one more in the can, going out later in the week.
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Audio Report: one GTS 2007 wrapup, partial
OgreCave lackey Steve Kani got himself out to GTS ’07… for one day. What jumped out at him while doing his rounds as a retailer? Listen to our GTS post-show show and find out. Also, a question for roleplayers: how has party unity been a factor (or not) in your
Audio Report: we have explosive!
Just in time for GTS, listen to our talk on the final – like, really final – aftermath of Games Expo. And on the Endgame Minicon, the naval-miniatures boomlet and lots of other fun stuff. As always, join us if you haven’t.
Audio Report: Games Expo, card models, and dragon junk
The complete rundown on this year’s trade events, past and future, plus the twin announcements of what we used to sort of call “constructible strategy games” for June, are the meat of this show. Fans of Currently Playing have a ton of mini-reviews to chew on as well. Also, check
Audio Report: DunDraCon, Goodman Games and Troll Lord
Allan’s interview with two D20 survivors – Goodman Games and Troll Lord games, respectively – is the meat of this show. We also report on DDC more generally, and threaten to talk about lots of other stuff. Get with it.