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That's How We Roll

Season 3: Fred Hicks (publisher) and Chris Hanrahan (retailer) talk about gaming, the hobby industry, marketing, customer service, retail, and more.

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That's How We Roll: Season 03 Interlude 02 Part 2 - Kickstarter seminar at Metatopia from 2012-12-01T14:24:56

This episode is part 2 of the seminar at Metatopia featuring Fred Hicks and Brennan Taylor discussing Kickstarter from the perspective of someone running a campaign.

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That's How We Roll: Season 03 Interlude 02 Part 1 - Kickstarter seminar at Metatopia from 2012-11-29T15:50:09

This episode is a seminar at Metatopia featuring Fred Hicks and Brennan Taylor discussing Kickstarter from the perspective of someone running a campaign.

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That's How We Roll: Season 03 Interlude 01 - How It Works from 2012-11-27T16:01:44

This is a recording from Metatopia that features most of the Evil Hat folks talking about Evil Hat and how it works.

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That's How We Roll: Season 03 Episode 10 - Designing the Race to Adventure Kickstarter from 2012-07-10T11:11:24

In this episode Fred and Chris, discuss Evil Hat's new Kickstarter for their card game Race to Adventure. They discuss what decisions they made well, which decisions could use improvement, and w...

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That's How We Roll: Season 03 Episode 09 - 13th Age with Rob Heinsoo and Jonathan Tweet from 2012-06-25T08:01

This episode Fred talks with Rob Heinsoo, and Jonathan Tweet about the structure of Listen

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That's How We Roll: Season 03 Episode 08 - Steve Jackson, Phil Reed, and the OGRE in the room from 2012-04-30T14:27:07

This week Fred is joined by none other than Steve Jackson (@SJGames), and Phillip Reed (@PhillipJReed Listen

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That's How We Roll: Season 03 Episode 07 - Evil Hat Round Table at Pax: East from 2012-04-16T13:44

In this episode, Chris and Fred are ...

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That's How We Roll: Season 03 Episode 06 - Kicking the OGRE with Steve Jackson Games from 2012-04-10T10:06:10

This episode we have a scoop! Fred and Chris are joined by Phil Re...

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That's How We Roll: Season 03 Episode 05 - Kicking It Dino Style With Chuck Wendig from 2012-03-19T14:30

In this episode Fred and Chris talk with Chuck Wendig. They discuss the upcoming Dinocalypse Kickstarter, and Don't Read This Book, the upcoming Don't Rest Your Head anthology. Along the way the...

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That's How We Roll: Season 03, Episode 04 - Evil Hat Levels Up from 2012-01-28T13:47

In this episode Fred and Chris examine Brand Maturity by talking about how Evil Hat has moved from two guys with a free hack of another free game to a company making board games, card games, RPG...

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That's How We Roll: Season 03, Episode 03 - The Meta-Industry Show from 2011-11-21T15:55

In this episode, Fred and Chris discuss; Metatopia, what's interesting about Metatopia as a convention, the area the podcast is focused on, and trying to nail down a definition for what the Hobb...

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That's How We Roll: Season 03, Episode 02 - Making D&D History with Peter Adkison from 2011-11-01T18:46:14

It's this episode Chris and Fred talk to Peter Adkison about his time as the C.E.O. of Wizards of the Coast, which includes the time that period when WotC purchased TSR and acquired D...

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That's How We Roll: Season 03, Episode 01 - WTFotC from 2011-10-07T02:02:04

You thought it was podfaded? Season 3 Episode 01 is here to convince you otherwise. That's How We Roll is back with a vengeance. In this Episode Fred and Chris discuss what lead to th...

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That's How We Roll: Season 2, Episode 7 - Confidence Games With Harry from 2010-04-02T16:36

Chris visits Fred in Maryland. We talk about Jeni's Ice Creams, The Dresden Files RPG, distribution, Listen

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That's How We Roll: Season 2, Episode 6 - Catching Up With The Ass Tax from 2009-12-14T23:21

[1h 2m 5s] Fred and Chris catch up on the last three months, including the impending release of the Dresden Files RPG at Origins 2010 and Chris's impotent rage about not getting to order Jeni's Ice...

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That's How We Roll: Season 2, Epsiode 5 - Worth The Effort from 2009-08-24T23:36

Fred and Chris talk about:

- Is it worth the effort to sell RPGs, as a retailer?
- Not Attending GenCon
- The Ennies Results
- Dominion and the Diana Jones Award
- Should ...

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That's How We Roll: Season 2, Epsiode 4 - Abridged Transparency from 2009-08-04T18:01

In this abruptly shortened episode, Fred and Chris talk about Transparency.  There would have been another half hour of material here, but unfortunately the recording software on each end of the ca...

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That's How We Roll: Season 2, Epsiode 3 - Origins and Awards from 2009-07-27T22:32

Fred and Chris talk about Origins, the Origins Awards, and the Ennies. (Also, Battletech, and other typical ramblings.)

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That's How We Roll: Season 2, Episode 2 - Practical Mind Control from 2009-07-13T16:04

Now featuring much, much improved audio. If you hated the audio in episode 1, don't worry -- it's all better now. Listen

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That's How We Roll: Season 2, Episode 1 - The Digital Delve from 2009-06-10T17:53

PLEASE NOTE: The audio on this episode is CRAP.  Don't judge the podcast by the audio quality here. It improves significantly w...

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Season 2 Episode 000: A Prelude - Time for a Reroll from 2009-06-05T19:27

Fred Hicks and Chris Hanrahan sit down to discuss the reinvention of That's How We Roll in the coming months. With season 2 of THWR on th...

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THWR: Out of Town 003: House of Hanrahan Part 2 from 2008-09-01T04:00

[36min 37sec] Fred Hicks and Chris Hanrahan (of Endgame in Oakland, CA and the 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction podcast) sit down for a conversation just a week ...

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THWR: Out of Town 002: House of Hanrahan Part 1 from 2008-08-29T18:33

[46min 7sec] Fred Hicks and Chris Hanrahan (of Endgame in Oakland, CA and the 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction podcast) sit down for a conversation just a week o...

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THWR: Out of Town 001: Endings, with Paul Tevis from 2008-07-28T22:51

[Approx 23 minutes] This podcast marks the start of another category of episodes for That's How We Roll, titled Out of Town, featuring conversations we have on the road with the cool folks we know ...

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THWR: Under the Hat 004: The Mayor of Las Vegas, Part 2 from 2008-05-16T01:13

 [32min 44sec] This finishes up the conversation with Lenny from our chat at the GAMA Trade Show 2008 in April.  In this episode, you'll hear more conversation about the Listen

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THWR: Under the Hat 003: The Mayor of Las Vegas, Part 1 from 2008-05-05T19:05

[45min 38sec] While in Las Vegas for GTS, Fred sits down with Lenny to talk about all sorts of things.  In this first part, they cover what it means to be a game designer, the mayor of Las Vegas, a...

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THWR: Under the Hat 002: That's How We Roll 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction (GTS Wrap-Up) from 2008-04-28T23:31

[1hr 8min] In this episode, Fred Hicks sits down with Chris Hanrahan from 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction to talk about their impressions of the GAMA Trade Show, IPR, "the industry", selling RPGs as...

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THWR: Under the Hat 001: Evil Hat Convocation Roundtable from 2008-02-12T18:49

[1hr 11min 33sec] This past Saturday, we got all of the Dresden Files RPG team -- and then some -- together in Maryland for an Evil Hat convocation (first of its kind).  Once we were done discussin...

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THWR: At the Table 003: Faith, Faces,&Fingerprints Setting Creation Part 3 from 2008-02-06T22:08

[1hr 4min 21sec] We finish out Faith, Faces & Fingerprints setting creation with the shaving of children, a map, a discussion of magic, and much more.  The setting of Donnerdam takes its full form,...

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THWR: At the Table 002: Faith, Faces,&Fingerprints Setting Creation Part 2 from 2008-02-05T01:47

[50min 59sec] We're back with the second part of the Faith, Faces, & Fingerprints setting creation session.  Unlike the first recording you heard, this gets...

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THWR: In the Lab 001: Dreamation 2008 Escape or Die Playtest - Complete Session from 2008-01-30T18:28

In this debut segment of "In the Lab", Fred runs a complete game of Escape or Die! at Dreamation 2008.  You may recognize podcasters Remi Treuer (of the Dur...

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THWR: At the Table 001: Faith, Faces&Fingerprints Setting Creation Pt. 1 from 2008-01-28T13:00

(1hr 8min; 31MB) Fred sits down to kick off his Faith, Faces & Fingerprints game with Rob, Deborah, and Kim.  This session focuses entirely on creating the setting of the game, starting with some s...

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