This Modern Death

Just a quick update of what's going on with the show.

This Modern Death Episode 45 - Role vs. Role vs. Role Running Time - 55:25 This is out horribly late, but it's out and done. In this episode, we continue the discussion on character roles, only this time with the regular TMD crew. Links of Note: Our Burning Syanthea game at Obsidian Portal, The Walking Eye Podcast, with Kevin W...

This Modern Death Episode 44 - Not Roleplaying in RPGs, and Just What the Hell is Roleplaying, Anyway? Running Time - 41:24 This episode is a little bit different. Shaun hopped on Skype with Kevin Weiser from The Walking Eye Podcast and Robert Bohl from The Independent Insurgency to talk about not roleplaying in roleplaying games, followed by a discussion on what roleplaying is. Also, a brief, impromptu re...

This Modern Death Episode 43 - Good Omens Con 3 Running Time - 01:31:33 We discuss, in a very untimely manner, our experiences at Omens Con 3. We also give reviews of the games we played there;Mutant City Blues, A Penny for My Thoughts, Houses of the Blooded,

This Modern Death Episode 42 - Greaser Ghouls from Outer Space Running Time - 01:16:06 In this very special episode, we write an entire goddamn game in an hour. Well, more like brainstorm an entire goddamn game. Whatever. We also discuss what game our group's planning on playing next, with some interesting discussion to go along with that. Finally, a couple of reminders. GO Con is filled up, but come by if you want to try ...

This Modern Death Episode 41 - Mechanics that Rock, & Those that can Die in a Fire Running Time - 01:14:38 Kristin, Randy and Shaun discuss mechanics that we'd like to see in more games, and some that we think have no place in games. Also, we're going to be attending GO Con 3 at EndGame. Speaking of which, please vote for EndGame at the

This Modern DeathEpisode 40 - ReligionRunning Time - 01:02:09Kristin, Randy and Shaun discuss the role and use of religion in RPGs. Also, we're going to GenCon and GOCon 3. At the latter, we'll hopefully be able to check out A Penny for My Thoughts by

This is the final episode of our Burning Wheel actual play series. Special thanks to Katie Sullivan for providing the introduction.

This is Part 2 of our Burning Wheel actual play series. Enjoy!

This is the first of our Burning Wheel actual play shows. I'm going to keep the notes pretty brief here - there's not a lot of news or anything in the next three shows.After these, however, we have our long-promised interview with Dave Martin from the Wrecking Crew. Also, if you really want to hear us talk about game stuff, check out Episode 32 of