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OgreCave Audio Report 2.0 – December 2014

December 29, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Geek Culture, Industry, Miniatures Games, OgreCave, Pathfinder, Podcast, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

We’re back, and ready to talk all things gaming. To wrap up the year and prepare for new things, we have a brand new episode of our long-dormant (hibernating?) podcast show, the OgreCave Audio Report. Now redubbed 2.0, the relaunch

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Gaming News Update – Paranoia Reboot (James Wallis)

November 27, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Interviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

With the holiday season already upon us, roleplaying gamers are looking for quality RPGs to pick up, and some of us are planning ahead. In this Gaming News Update interview with James Wallis, notably of Spaaace: the Games Consultancy and

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In case anyone’s taking our silence as assent, rather than just the usual state of things around here

October 18, 2014 Mike Sugarbaker Uncategorized

So… GamerGate. Yeah. F**k those guys.

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OgreCave video: Japji Khalsa at KublaCon 2014

August 26, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Interviews, Miniatures Games, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

In our final KublaCon 2014 video, we manage to grab a few minutes with Japji Khalsa, Executive Producer and founder of KublaCon. In this video, we learn about the CCG-derived origins of the convention, how game designers use the show

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OgreCave review: Little Wizards

August 18, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Reviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

A fun, gentle game to ease young players into the roleplaying hobby can be useful from time to time. While luring in new, young gamers is not a unique goal, each attempt to create a kid-friendly introduction to RPGs serves

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OgreCave video: Camp Grizzly, Star Wars X-Wing, and Megadungeon

July 31, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Conventions, Dungeons & Dragons, Miniatures Games, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

The KublaCon 2014 coverage is continuing on OgreCave’s new YouTube channel with three more interviews. This time we sit down with Jason Topolski of Ameritrash Games to hear about Camp Grizzly, the ’70s horror movie board game. Then we speak

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OgreCave review: Pathfinder Adventure Card Game

July 17, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Sometimes the whole roleplaying group just can’t meet up, but you still need some roleplaying time. Many games have tried to capture the essence of RPGs in another format, with varying degrees of success. Due to a lack of other

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OgreCave video: Gamer apparel at KublaCon 2014

July 17, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Geek Culture, Interviews Leave a comment

The KublaCon 2014 coverage is continuing on OgreCave’s new YouTube channel with a short look at gamer apparel. In this installment, we talk with Phil Lacefield Jr. of JBM Press about the t-shirts he sells at dozens of conventions. Then

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OgreCave video: PERK, DiceShield, GameRustlers, and more

July 11, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Conventions, Geek Culture, Industry, Miniatures Games, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

We’re continuing to fill OgreCave’s new YouTube channel (which you should totally subscribe to) with great footage from KublaCon 2014. In the latest installment, we talk with Buddy Wagner of Dire Ninja Media about P.E.R.K. – the Pretty Easy Roleplaying

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OgreCave video: Zombiesmith at KublaCon 2014

July 3, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Conventions, Industry, Interviews, Miniatures Games, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

As the long weekend looms on the horizon, OgreCave is continuing to celebrate the launch of our new YouTube channel with another great interview from KublaCon 2014. This time we talk with Josh Qualtieri of Zombiesmith, and learn all about

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OgreCave video: Crafty Games at KublaCon 2014

July 3, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Conventions, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Interviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

We’re getting back into videos, and to make things go smoothly, we’re launching the OgreCaveDOTcom YouTube channel! We already have a few things there, starting with some coverage from KublaCon 2014. First up, an interview with Patrick Kapera of Crafty

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2014 Origins Award winners announced

June 16, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Miniatures Games, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games One comment

The 40th annual Origins Awards were given out Saturday night. The details of said nominees and winners are a bit hard to find, so we thought we’d compile them for you here. Or all the ones we could find, at

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2014 Diana Jones Award shortlist announced

June 12, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

This year’s nominees for the Diana Jones Award have just been announced, and as always, the selections are thoughtful and varied. Two publishers and three games made the list. The nominees are: Evil Hat Productions, the folks behind FATE, Dresden

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Gaming News Update – KublaCon 2014 (Thomas Denmark/Studio Denmark)

June 10, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Conventions, Interviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

So, we made our annual pilgrimage and got out to KublaCon 2014 – The Khan of Cons – and had a great time, as always. We came back with plenty to share, so let’s start with a Gaming News Update

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Interactive fiction conference streaming June 9th

June 8, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Gamebooks, Geek Culture, Uncategorized Leave a comment

So, remember Choose Your Own Adventure books, the Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf gamebooks, and other solo-adventure enabling products? Those are interactive fiction. We like to bring them up from time to time because they were formative influences on our

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