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You Can Hack It

Further podcasts by Jon Slack and Kyle Schewe

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Episode 13 - The Life and Death of NPCs from 2010-12-10T09:15

This episode is about the life cycle of NPCs, from creation, to their use in the game, to their removal from the game.

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Episode 12 - The Fight Mechanic of Burning Wheel from 2010-11-10T08:48

This episode explores the fight mechanics ofBurning Wheel, and explores some alternatives to this complex system....

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Episode 11 - Playing Antagonists&Gaming as a Couple #1 from 2010-11-10T08:34

This episode has two segments. Segment one is about the role of antagonists in a game, and running them effectively. Segment two is an interview with Kyle and Katie, a married couple who game toget...

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Update - Land of the Sick and Injured from 2010-04-27T09:57

We have not put out a podcast and in over a month, and I wanted to let people know that we are still working hard...mainly at healing. Jon has been fighting an epic cold for weeks, and I have Listen

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Episode 10 - Social Expectations in Gaming from 2010-03-19T20:48

This episode is about managing the social expectations at the gaming table.

Recording update: We are recording on a monthly to semi-monthly schedule right now. We will have another episode...

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Special Episode 1 - Warhammer 40,000 and Miniature Wargaming from 2010-02-12T16:10

This episode is about our experiences with the Warhammer 40,000 miniatures wargame.

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Episode 9 - Christmas Banter and Social Fallacies from 2010-01-06T08:48

This episode is some banter about our Christmas holidays, and a look at social fallacies and how they relate to gaming.

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Update - Website is a Go! from 2009-12-19T14:48

The website is officially up! Woho! I finally found out about server side include (thank you Wil), and found some time to make a go of it. Not all the links are up yet (Jon's and I personal pages f...

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Episode 8 - FreeMarket Preview from 2009-12-11T09:48

This episode is a preview of the Role Playing Game Freemarket, by Luke Crane and Jared A. Sorensen. The release date of Freemarket is set for March of 2010.

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Episode 7 - Barriers to Play from 2009-12-07T09:48

This episode we discuss solutions to three barriers that get in the way of playing RPGs: Learning the game, finding gaming space, and setting a time to play.

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Episode 6 - Gaming 102 - Learning and teaching others a new game from 2009-11-30T09:48

This episode is about learning a new game and teaching others how to play it. It features our friend Jeff Steinke, and we make use of his experience as an elementary school teacher to help us wi...

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Update - Our Scheduling Intentions, Website, and Forum from 2009-11-30T09:48

Jon and I have finally started promoting ourselves, and have gotten serious. We are hoping to start putting a podcast out every week until the end of December. At that point we will evaluate and...

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Episode 5 - Gaming 101 - Learning and teaching others a new game from 2009-11-26T09:48

This episode is about learning a new game and teaching others how to play it. It features our friend Jeff Steinke, and we make use of his experience as an elementary school teacher to help us with ...

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Episode 4 - System and Settings with Colin Campbell from 2009-10-01T09:48

This episode is an interview with our friend Colin Campbell, and his experiences with adapting the Warhammer 40k universe to the Primetime Adventures role playing game.

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Episode 3 - Physical Representations of Imagination from 2009-09-01T09:48

This episode is about using physical tokens and cards in RPGs, and their effects upon the game.

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Episode 2 - Death Mechanics and Dwarf Guard from 2009-07-01T09:48

This episode is about Dwarf Guard, a modification on Luke Crane and David Peterson's RPG Mouse Guard. In addition, we discuss the various Death Mechanics.

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Episode 1 - Blood Tokens and In a Wicked Age from 2009-06-01T09:48

This episode is about Blood Tokens, an addition to D&D 4th Edition. There is and also a review of RPG"In a Wicked Age" by Vincent Baker.

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