AGC Review 8 (FATE Core) (22:20)

Carol looks at the recent iteration of FATE Core. A lot of it is general FATE information that has been out there since Sprirt of the Century, with a little insight to the upcoming book.


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FATE Core (Evil Hat Productions)
FATE Core (Kickstarter)
FATE Core Google+ Page
FATE Core Yahoo Group


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AGC News February 1st 2013 (59:23)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. Chaosium's Lynn Willis and Upper Deck's Richard McWilliam pass. Barnes and Noble closings coming after a lean holiday season (other than geeky stuff, that is). Pick a new Monopoly Piece. Pandemic Second Edition! Arcane Wonders Mage War releases. Cryptozoic's ROFL! Z-Man getting Terra Mystica. The Mayfair Cavalcade (Catan expansion, Road Rally USA, and Five Points: Gangs of New York)! Asmodee's Serenissima and River Dragons! Gamewright's Forbidden Desert! The Fantasy Flight Cavalcade (Letters From Whitechapel and an updated Game of Thrones LCG). Cardfight!! Vanguard sneak preview events! Shadowrun plans! Champions Complete! The Return of D&D PDFs, and the networks issues that followed (Full Disclosure: AGC is a part of the DriveThruRPG Affliate Program). Numinera coming to video games! Bioshock Infinite HeroClix! The Kickstarter Free-For-All. Toy Vault making Firefly stuff (including games)! Can you really master games? ICV2's Notables for 2012.


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Lynn Willis' Call of Cthulhu Design Notes (Yog-Sothoth.com)
Monopoly Facebook Page
D&D Classics
FATE Core (Kickstarter)
Rebuilding ENWorld (Kickstarter)
Pathfinder Online (Kickstarter)
Funding The Dream Podcast
DiceCards (Kickstarter)
Deluxe Tunnels and Trolls (Kickstarter)
Cortex Plus Hackers Guide (Kickstarter)
Thematic FATE Fudge Dice (Kickstarter)
University of Louisville USLI High Powered Rocket Kickstarter
Complex Dynamics in Learning Complicated Games (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)

RPG Buffet 33 (Second Helping: The Scion Campaign) (38:14)

It's an Second Helping edition, featuring a real second helping of White Wolf's Scion in the form of John's short campaign. Mags, Steve, Layne, Karen, John, Tanner, and Brandon participated, and are present for discussion.


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Scion (White Wolf)

RPG Buffet 32 (Witch Hunter: The Invisible World) (22:39)

It's an October-November combo shot, with Mags, Steve (the GM), Karen, John, and Brandon discussing Paradigm Concepts' Witch Hunter: The Invisible World. It was a repeat due to scheduling affecting the October game, and led to a repeat of Chili Night as well.

White Chicken Chili With Chickpeas And Chorizo (from Epicurious.com)
2 Tbsp. Olive Oil (to be divided)
6-8" segment chicken chorizo uncooked casing removed (if using cooked slice into thin segments and add with chickpeas)
1.5lbs. skinless bonless chicken breasts
3/4 tsp salt
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
4 garlic cloves minced or pressed
2 tsp. cumin
2 chipotle peppers chopped and seeded (this will make it spicy, if you dont like spice only add one)
1/4 cup salsa
1 can diced no salt added tomatoes
2 cans chickpeas rinsed well and drained
2 cups great northern beans well rinsed and drained
1/2 cup washed dried and chopped cilantro (or parsley for different flavour)
Low Sodium reduced fat chicken broth (.5 cup... or more if making a soupy stew)

Preheat slowcooker to medium high heat. Add 1 tbsp oil. Add chorizo in managable sized chunks and brown. Remove chorizo with slotted spoon and place on plate over paper towels to soak up excess oil. Add chicken breasts (chorizo should leave some oil in pan but if extra oil is needed add an extra .5 tablespoon or so) brown chicken breasts, remove and place in a pot of boiling water, reduce heat to medim/low and cook at low boil for 12 min. Add remaining oil and once heated add onion and garlic over low heat saute until translucent and tender. Add chipotle and cumin and stir. When chicken is done cooking remove from pot and cool with cold water, shred chicken. Return chorizo to pot, stir, add chicken and salsa. Add rinsed chickpeas, great northern beans, tomatoes, desired amount of broth, half of reserved cilantro (or parsley)cover and simmer 1 hour on low. Add remaining cilantro and salt and pepper to taste.


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Witch Hunter: The Invisible World (Paradigm Concepts)
Witch Hunter: The Invisible World (Wikipedia)

RPG Buffet 31 (Transhuman Space) (21:29)

John leads the discussion this time for Mags' run of Transhuman Space, using GURPS Lite 3rd Edition, with Mags, Layne, Steve, Kae, and Brandon.


Stir-fried Beef and Snap Peas from SeriousEats.com

(NOTE: the grocery didn't have snap peas, so Mags used broccoli instead. Also, because we were feeding seven people, I used 2 lbs of steak and 4 packages of Maruchan ramen noodles and seasoning packets.) Toss a quarter pound of thinly sliced flank steak with half of the seasoning packet, then simmer the noodles just until they break apart (don't overcook them!). Drain the noodles and set them aside. In a large wok or skillet, heat a tablespoon of oil until smoking. Add the beef and cook without moving for about 1 minutes until well-browned. Toss the meat a few times. Add a quarter pound of snap peas and stir fry for about 1 minute. Add another tablespoon of oil, the noodles, the rest of the seasoning packet, a couple tablespoons of oyster sauce, and a bit of sugar. Toss until everything is well coated, then plate it up! Top with sliced scallions if your goal is to impress. :)


Asian Ramen Chicken Salad from About.com
Ingredients
2 -3 cups chopped cooked chicken breasts ( depending on the amount of chicken you like)
1 head cabbage, shredded or chopped (John used red and green cabbage)
1 bunch green onions, finely chopped (or to taste)
2 (2 1/2 ounce) packages slivered almonds
3 tablespoons sunflower seeds
2 packages Top Ramen noodles or 2 packages other ramen-type soup
3 tablespoons oil

Dressing
3/4 cup vegetable oil or 3/4 cup canola oil
4 1/2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
4 1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper

Directions
Prepare dressing and set aside. Smash noodles of Top Ramen (discard seasoning packets) and brown over medium heat in 3 tbs oil. Once noodles have begun to slightly brown, add slivered almonds. If you start to brown the Ramen and almonds at the same time, the almonds will burn before the Ramen browns. Once the ramen noodles have turned a dark golden brown, remove from heat and set aside. Combine cabbage, green onions, chicken and sunflower seeds in a large bowl. Add the ramen/almond mixture and stir well. Add dressing and stir to coat.


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Transhuman Space (Steve Jackson Games)
GURPS Lite 3rd Edition (Steve Jackson Games/e23)
GURPS Lite 4th Edition (Steve Jackson Games)
GURPS Lite 3rd Edition Online Character Generator

AGC 171 January 7th 2012 (Looking Back, Looking Forward) (1:10:35)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. Happy New Year, in spite of the Mayans! The Buffet's Card/Board Game Night. Carol's ending Dresden, she swears. Mark contemplates starting some Doctor Who gaming. Looking back at 2012. Hobby gaming continued to grow financially. The game stores that thrive provide a place to socialize--Kentuckiana's local stores do! The (arguably) Golden Age of Kickstarter - variety, creativity, and impact for a long time to come. Wil Wheaton's Tabletop show (Geek and Sundry). The lack of PDFs for major game lines: D&D, Star Wars, The One Ring - the Crew hopes that certain publishers are just looking for the right digital solution. Print-On-Demand support. Gygax Magazine and continued interest in the retro-clone RPGs. James Raggi and the LotFP publishing empire! The Crew contemplates playing some old-school games. D&D Next still generating lots of excitement, while the Pathfinder Juggernaut rolls on. The RPG Buffet's Second Helping of Pathfinder, and Mags's Beginner Box is dusted off. A long, rambling discussion of the overt sexism in the hobby this year: James Desborough and rape, sexism in other parts of geek culture, cosplay harassment, "fake" geek girls, "chicks can't play Magic" (and Carol kicks butt), Mags puts a costume together for Mark, cleavage shots, groping at Gen Con and Conglomeration, a call to the listeners to step up, and a threat from Mark. Rape threats and the anonymity of the Internet. Touching on the Geek Social Fallacies, and how predators exploit them. If you're at a con and see harassment, go get the big guns. Carol's own incident. Respect your players--don't introduce dark plot elements unless the whole group agrees. Palate cleansing--what are we looking forward to in 2013? Carol: running a Changeling: the Dreaming Seven-Years-of-House-Rules LARP for the Buffet, and clings to hopes for a C:tD 20th Anniversary edition (Kickstarter, hear her prayer), FATE Core and Shadow of the Century, Gen Con 2013. Mags: MAGE MAGE MAGE! FATE Core and it going OGL, The Buffet's Year of World of Darkness, perhaps a trip to Origins, 13th Age, Night's Black Agents, Exalted 3e. Topics left? We can start over! Mark: FATE Core, Ogre 6th ed. (Mags wants to witness the arrival of the pallet), Gen Con and perhaps the Gutterskypes getting together, possible LotFP and retro-clone projects. Email Mags at the main AGC address (much to Mark's surprise), Carol is over email
so hit her up on Twitter or Facebook. Carol continues to edit projects, Mark and Mags prepare to nitpick. Feedback: a listener's experience with Transhuman Space. WE HAVE PRIZES! Mark contemplates a Monty Haul-style quiz show, and dodges NPR assassins. Happy New Year, y'all!


NOTE: At 34:10, Mags misspoke and said that James Desborough called Sarah Darkmagic am "odious little toad" alleged that he threatened her and her husband. This was incorrect, as she was confused about the people involved. The alleged threats were made by Garth Michael-Skarka (link). We apologize to Mr. Desborough for the error.


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Louisville Game Shop
Pet Shop Comics
Empire Comics
FATE Core Kickstarter
Tabletop, from Geek and Sundry
Fiasco RPG
Cards Against Humanity Pay-What-You-Want Holiday Pack (sold out)
D&D Next
Pathfinder
James Desborough and rape: Interview with Desborough here, summary here (RPG.Net).
Matthew Sprange's conversation with the person that posted the petition here
Cosplay harrassment at New York ComicCon
Rebecca Watson's Skeptic Elevator Incident
Anita Sarkeesian harassment
Summation of sexist incident at ReaderCon, the Amazing Meeting, and DefCon
"Fake geek girls"
Sexual assault statistics for American women (RAINN.org)
The Open Source Women Back Each Other Up Project & Gentlemen's Auxilary
Overcoming the Bystander Effect (Psychology Today)
Geek Social Fallacies
The RPG Buffet's Year of White Wolf web site


AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark's Pick: Dresden Files RPG: Your Story (Evil Hat)
Carol's Pick: Project Ninja Panda Taco (Jennisodes)
Mags's Pick: Seven Leagues Roleplaying game of Faerie (Malcontent Games)


Promos
DriveThruRPG.com
Cory Doctorow's With A Little Help
Movie Meltdown podcast
Indie Plus Gamenight

AGC 170 January 4th 2013 (The Good, the Bad, the Gaming) (1:03:37)

With Mark and Mags. Mark and Mags discuss the notable games in the RPG collections: the oldest, the most obscure, and more. Also, Mark's new phone, prizes for an upcoming contest, and emails!

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Starships and Spacemen 2nd ed. (Goblinoid Games)
Advanced Fighting Fantasy Quickstart
Highlander: the Gathering fan-created supplement (Hank Driskell and John Gavigan)
It Came From the Late, Late, Late Show (TriTac Games)
Legacy: War of Ages (Battledfield Press)
The Legend of Yore (Visionary Game Design)
Essay: The Legend of Yore: A Fantasy Heartbreaker Story by Brennan Taylor
Night of the Ninja Reality Roleplaying Game (IIE Games Corporation)
Fireborn (Fantasy Flight Games)
Deliria: Faerie Tales for a New Millenia (Laughing Pan Productions)
RPG Buffet review for Deliria (reviews starts at 10:47)
Immortal: the Invisible War (Jikkarro Enterprises)
The World of Synnibarr (Wonderworld Press)
Monkey Ninja Pirate Robot (Atomic Sock Monkey)
RPG Buffet review of Monkey Ninja Pirate Robot (review starts at 13:50)
Cat: A Little Game About Little Heroes (John Wick Presents)
RPG Buffet review of Cat
M-Force for QAGS (Hex Games)
AGC 118: A-Hunting We Will Go
The Rolemonkeys M-Force Episodes
QAGS (Hex Games)
GURPS The Prisoner (Steve Jackson Games)
GURPS Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (Steve Jackson Games)
Nobilis 2nd Edition (a.k.a "The Big White Book") (Hogshead Publishing) - Wikipedia article
Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (TSR, Inc.) - Wikipedia article
Mage: the Ascension Tarot Deck (White Wolf Games Studio)
Mage: the Awakening Tarot Deck (White Wolf Games Studio)
Ravenloft Tarokka Deck (Arthaus)
Deck of Many Things (Green Ronin)
Fantasy Wargaming - Bruce Galloway, editor (Stein & Day Pub.) - Gronardgia article
More info on Bruce Galloway and the history of Fantasy Wargaming (Swords and Dorkery)
Gamemaster's Hold Music - Video (Sedna Games)
Gamemaster's Hold Music - MP3 Download (Sedna Games)
Achtung Cthlhu (Modipius Entertainment)
IronManMode.com Donate Page (note that the campaign has ended)
Child's Play Charity


AGC's DriveThruRPGPicks for this episode!
Mark: Knights of the Dinner Table #1 (Kenzer & Co.)
Mags: Necessary Evil Explorer's Edition (Pinnicle Entertainment Group)


Promos
Gamerati
Babylon Podcast (Far Point Media)

AGC 169 January 3rd 2013 (Kicking the Starter) (1:22:50)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Sandy (wow, this is late...). Disney buys Lucasfilm! What we're doing! Leopard Women, an attempt at Mistborn, and more Dresden! Plot variations! DriveThruRPG picks! Kickstarters we've supported. Mark the RPG Hoarder. Kickstarter is not a store! Powerchords, aka our main target tonight. A little glance at what makes a good campaign. Known names, a ready product, stretch goals, target dates. Last things, like Mark watching Cadfael and Elementary. Eureka. Warehouse 13. Revenge. Supernatural. The League. Enterprise. RPG Buffet's Year of World of Darkness!


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when A Kickstarter Fails, Does Anyone Get Their Money Back (NPR)
Accountability on Kickstarter (Kickstarter)
Kickstarter: Once Bitten, Twice Shy (RPG.net Forum)
What's Your Kickstarter Batting Average? (RPG.net Forum)
Powerchords (Kickstarter)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Apocalypse Prevention Inc Savage Worlds Edition (Third Eye Games)
Carol:Cartoon Action Hour Season 2 Halloween Special (Spectrum Games)
Mags:Time Bomb (Adamant Entertainment)

AGC Interview 22 (Indie Press Revolution, Hero Games, and Blackwyrm Publishing) (47:14)

Mags chats with Jason Walters (with occasional interjections from Dave Mattingly of Blackwyrm Publishing) about his roles at Indie Press Revolution, Hero Games, and Blackwyrm Publishing.


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Indie Press Revolution
Hero Games
Blackwyrm Publishing
Imaginary Friends Kickstarter

AGC News December 27th 2012 (34:35)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. Games Workshop dominates our headlines. Giochi Uniti comes to the U.S. Two Magic: The Gathering sets for the Return to Ravinica block. Power Rangers Action Card Game. Game Days for 'DC Deck-Building' extended through end of January. Marvel Deck Building Expansions For 'Legendary'. Three new games from R&R Games, including one from Reiner Knizia 'Mage Wars: Forcemaster vs. Warlord Expansion' due in early 2013. Battle of Five Armies Board Game announced, and FFG's The Hobbit Card Game now shipping! Table of Contents from Gygax Magazine's first issue announced! End of the line for Gamemastery. Paizo Price Hikes. Details from WotC about 1st ed. re-prints. Wil Wheaton hangs out on Google. 'Hordes: Gargantuans' for the Hordes miniatures game. 'Warmachine' Fiction from Pyr.
Indiegogo internationalizes! Kickstarters of Note: The Morrow Project 4th Edition! ZOMBIEPOX board game educated about vaccines!


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Space Hulk Teaser Video
Wil Wheaton Google Hangout
Morrow Project Kickstarter
ZOMBIEPOX (Tiltfactor).
ZombiePox Playtest Signup

RPG Buffet - Card & Board Game 2012 Report

Happy Holidays, all!  Mags here, with a run-down of this year's RPG Buffet Annual Card and Board Game Night.

First, I'd like to thank Colin Moore of the Louisville Game Shop for providing us with a place to gather and play.  Colin's hosted the Card & Board Game Night for seven years now, and we appreciate his hospitality. 

There were only six of us in attendance this year, but that turned out really well because we all played the same games.  Usually there are about a dozen or so of us, so we break up into groups to play different games.

First game up was Cthulhu Fluxx, from Looney Labs.  Disclaimer: I received a demo copy complimentary of Looney Labs for review.

Cthulhu Fluxx is a new release, just shipped in August to stores, so most of us had not played it.  This is a dark yet fun interpretation of the game. Some notes:

• Creepers are appropriately creepy. 
• There are UnGoals as well as Goals. UnGoals allow for everyone to lose the game, and even for Great Cthulhu to win it! 
• Some Creepers and Keeper have Doom points assigned on their cards, which can increase the chance of everyone losing. 
• The cards were clearly designed with input from people who love their Lovecraft, because the game does a fantastic job of working in Cthulhoid themes.  You see Goal and UnGoal cards named after stories (The Dunwich Horror, The Shadiow Over Innsmouth, etc.), cards named after things that you see in the stories (Secret Cultist, which lets you win the game if an UnGoal causes everyone to lose; Keepers like Reanimator, Drunk, and Dreamlands;  FBI Raids, an Action card which takes away all Keepers and Sleepers, etc.), and some downright funny cards (At Home With the Whatelys, a Goal, and Mistkaonic Study Group, a New Rule). 
• There are also some very powerful cards in this game. I won't spoil them for you, but when The Stars Are Right or Cosmic Instructions come into your hand, tread very carefully!

I think that Cthulhu Fluxx is probably the most intricate of the Fluxx card games precisely because you have so many additional rules and actions added in order to intergrate the Lovecraftian theme.  But, in classic Fluxx style, none of these additions are heavy-handed or weigh down the game at all, so whether your familiar with Fluxx or not, you just read the card's rules and go with the flow.  The one downside is, if you're not familiar with Lovecraft, the game probably loses some of its charm.

Highly recommended for anyone who loves Lovecraft or horror, or anyone who wants a slightly more challenging version of Fluxx to play.  Order it directly from Looney Labs, or via your favorite local gaming store.

We decided to play Oz Fluxx next. Disclaimer: I also received Oz Fluxx complimentary from Looney Labs to review.

Following Cthulhu Fluxx with Oz Fluxx was like a bright, cheerful day following a desperate, horrific night.  Even looking at the cards, with their merry designs and colorful pictures, was a bit of a mental shock after playing Cthulhu Fluxx. 

Fans of The Wizard of Oz are legion, so my first thought is that this is the version of Fluxx to use to introduce the non-gamers in your life to Fluxx--yes, even above and beyond the basic Fluxx game.  My second thought is, that's some really fantastic art!  Artist Michael Hays did an amazing job capturing both the whimsy and dark side of The Wizard of Oz.  I couldn't tell if he'd drawn for Fluxx games before (sorry, Looney Labs!), but his art for Oz Fluxx was so striking that I made it a point to go look up who the artist was.

Cards in this release are pretty much what you would expect from a Oz-themed Fluxx game.  You have Creepers like the Wicked Witch of the West and the Flying Monkeys, Keepers like the The Wizard, The Yellow Brick Road, and Toto, New Rule cards like Magic Shoes (click your heels three times to draw an extra card on your turn), and Goals like No Place Like Home (the player who has both the Dorothy and the Kansas Keeper cards on the table wins). 

In keeping with the light-hearted approach, Creepers are apparently not as powerful in this game as other Fluxx games.  From what I could tell, Creepers only have the effect of stopping you from winning--there doesn't seem to be any other mechanic assigned to them.  Oz Fluxx also apparently has more Goal cards than most other versions--31, as opposed to 29 for Fluxx 4.0, 28 in Cthulhu Fluxx, 25 in Pirate Fluxx, 21 in Zombie Fluxx, and 17  in Family Fluxx.  Only Pirate Fluxx has more Goals, with a total of 33.  It also only has 18 Keeper cards, so if my math is correct the number of ways to win has been reduced slightly.  That may mean for longer games, which is a bonus if you want to use it to keep kids occupied.

Oz Fluxx introduced a new mechanic--one also found in Cthulhu Fluxx--called Surprises.  If you're familiar with Magic: the Gathering, Surprises work like a bit like Interrupts: they're cards you can play when it's not your turn for one effect, or during your turn for a different effect. 

Oz Fluxx is another clear winner in the Fluxx line.  I think it's going to have wide appeal, wider than even Zombie or Pirate Fluxx.  It proves that there's plenty of steam left in the Fluxx line, too--there truly seems to be no end in sight for the adaptations they can do with this game.  I will say this: if you are a fan of Oz-derived works like the book or musical Wicked, or the L .Frank Baum books that came after the original The Wonderful Wizard of Oz novel, you'll probably be a little disappointed in this game, as none of those works are referenced. This is a departure from Monty Python Fluxx, which referenced the show, the movies, and (IIRC) Spam-A-Lot. I imagine this is due to copyright and/or trademark issues. I also imagine it won't be that disappointing to an Oz fan.

Oz Fluxx was released in March, and is in available online and stores now.  Another great Fluxx game, especially good for the non-gamer in your life.

We went after Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space next.  I purchased this game myself at Gen Con 2011, and did a reading review of it in episode 131.  WOW.  This game was nominated for a Diana Jones award, and I can see why.  The details of the rules are in my earlier review, but we all agreed that this was a deeply creepy game, like Are You A Werewolf meets the movie Aliens.  It's slow, and intense, and the horror just builds as players get picked off one by one.  It was such a hit with us as we were playing it, that Colin ran to his computer to look up how he could order a copy into his store.  Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space is available in stores and online.  BoardGameGeek has a video review here.

Finally, the biggest hit of the night was Escape: The Curse of the Temple from Queen Games.  We played a demo copy that Colin had in his store, and I bought a copy that night.  Some of you may remember that this was originally a Kickstarter project from Queen Games.  This was hands-down the favorite game of the night. We've never played a board game like this, and we were all deeply impressed with it.  It's quick to learn, quick to play--ten minutes!--fun, simple but extremly challenging, and intense.   But it's intense in a different way than Escape From the Aliens in Outer Space is--as Buffet John described it, it's a "cardiovascular adventure".  The game is now available in stores and online. Someone at BoardGameGeek put together a great game play demo on YouTube, and I recommend you take a look at it. It retails for $49.99, but the components are high quality and obviously durable, so it's money well-spent.


Summing up: if I were give these to anyone for the holidays, I would rank Oz Fluxx as #1 of the games we played because of its wide appeal-- you can't lose if you give this game to your kid, your eighty-year old aunt, or your gamer friend.  If I'm only considering the gamer on my shopping list, on the other hand, I have no doubt they would be thrilled with either Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space or Escape: The Curse of the Temple.  Not to say that Cthulhu Fluxx isn't worth giving as a gift, but I think the other three games would appeal to a wider group of gamers.

AGC News December 6th 2012 (25:07)

With Mark and Mags. Kobold Quarterly Magazine ceases publication. TSR and Gygax disputes? Pathfinder deckbuilding game. A Few Acres of Snow, second edition. A victory for Khet! Pathfinder Ultimate Campaign! Champions Complete! Games Workship v Chapterhouse continues. Order of the Stick minis! Museum of D&D IndieGoGo! FATE Core at last! 50 Shades of Wha?


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Games Workship v Chapterhouse Documents (Archive.org)
Museum of Dungeons & Dragons (IndieGoGo)
FATE Core (Kickstarter)

AGC 168 November 23rd 2012 (I'll Take Potpourri) (1:07:07)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Stuff that already happened. Wow, I procrastinated in getting this together... Gaming experiences and such. Cards Against Humanity. Battlestar Galactica. DriveThruRPG. 1st and Goal revisited. Carol talks about Mermaid Adventures! Mark looks at the Word on the Street Expansion set. Carol takes a look at using Evernote for your game notes (with some mild cost possibly involved). The new Kindle Fires (or not so new by now). Mark has Megabyte Confusion. Mark got Pitford from Outland Arts, and What To Feed Your Raiding Party! Mags has news of a Looney Labs long-ended Kickstarter, and Oz Fluxx...


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1st and Goal (R&R Games)
Third Eye Games (Mermaid Adventures)
Word on the Street Expansion 1 (Out of the Box Publishing)
Best Apps And Cloud Services For Taking, Storing, and Sharing Notes (How to Geek)
Evernote
Evernote (Wikipedia)
Dropbox Automator (Wappwolf)
Ifttt
Pitford: Gateway to the Ruins (Outland Arts)
What to Feed Your Raiding Party


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:High Space Core Rules Beta (StoryWeaver)
Carol:Toypocalypse (Top Rope Games)
Mags:Nobilis: Antithesis, Minibook 1i (Eos Press)


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BoardGamePodcasts.com
Ruthless Diastema

AGC News November 19th 2012 (25:51)

With Mark and Mags. Disney is not buying Hasbro. Man killed over Magic cards. Wildcat v Wizards and an eTCG patent. The Games 100 List. Cardfight!! Vanguard news. Evo Fury for Kaijudo. L5R Honor and Treachery. Rise of the Zombies. Nightfall: Crimson Siege. Hasbro wants to outfit your New Years party! Mage 20th is coming! Pathfinder's Mythic Adventures playtest. Wizkids introduces SwitchClix, and Fear Itself. Game Funders. Turn to 400 Fighting Fantasy Documentary Kickstarter! The Board Room!


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Wildcat's eTCG Patent (Google)
Happier New Years Game Nights (Hasbro/Facebook)
Game Funders
Turn to 400 (Kickstarter)
The Board Room, Washington DC

Mags-The-Axe School of GMing 6 (Choosing a Game System) (35:16)

Mags and Carol talk about choosing a game system, from genre and premise to particulars of your group, a word on generic systems, and other resources.


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The RPG Chart


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AGC News November 8th 2012 (25:48)

With Mark and Mags. Hobby gaming looking better in a financial sense. Paizo Game Space beta. Board Game Exchange? Guildhall (AEG's Essen release). Robinson Crusoe from Z-Man. Carcassonne to Windows Phone! Boss Monster. Bioshock and Crysis boardgames! Zpocalypse. Rumble in the Dungeon! Scrabble Beatles edition? Outer Reach for Deathwatch. DC Heroclix goes to "No Man's Land." The Notable Kickstarter section: Mutants and Masterminds 10th Anniversary, and Ars Magica: Years of Conquest. Sundsvallsspelet an "explosive" game?


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Board Game Exchange
Boss Monster (Brotherwise Games/Kickstarter)
Rumble in the Dungeon (Flatlined Games)
Mutants and Masterminds 10 Year Edition (Green Ronin/Kickstarter)
Ars Magica: Years of Conquest (Black Chicken Studios/Kickstarter)

AGC Interview 21 (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) (1:28:56)

Mark talks to James Raggi of Lamentations of the Flame Princess about his most recent adventure releases (Death Love Doom, The Monolith From Beyond Space and Time, The God That Crawls, and The Magificent Joop van Ooms) and a bit about crowd-sourced funding.


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Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Death Love Doom
The Monolith From Beyond Space and Time
The God That Crawls
The Magnificent Joop van Ooms
LotFP Blog


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AGC News October 13th 2012 (24:47)

With Carol and Mags. Steve Jackson's Warehouse 23 to promote local retailers! Catan World Championships. WizKids Lord of the Rings Dice Building. Clash of Cultures from Z-Man. Ticket to Ride Map Collection 3! Tabletop featuring Pandemic and Wits and Wagers! Pathfinder releases. Dragon Age Set 3! Robotech Genesis Pits! Cryptozoic tweaking WoW Qualifiers. Syracuse Game Designers' Guild!


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Steve Jackson Games request for Brick and Mortar Promo Materials
Warehouse 23
Catan World Championships (Livestream)
Tabletop (Geek and Sundry)
Werewolf 20th Anniversary Edition (Kickstarter)
Onyx Path
RPG Golden Geek Awards Nominees for 2012 (RPG Geek)
Syracuse Game Designers' Guild

RPG Buffet 30 (Silver Age Sentinels CAGE MATCH!) (22:47)

For July and August, Mags, Kae, Steve, Misty, Louis, and Karen compare the Tri-Stat and d20 versions of Guardians of Order's Silver Age Sentinels!

From Misty: Zucchini Fries!
Cut zucchini into strips.
Whip a couple of eggs and dredge fries through it.
I actually had the zucchini in a ziploc because I cut the night before, so I dumped the eggs in and shook it.
Then dredged them through a bowl of flour, cracker crumbs (I didn't have any bread), and seasoning. I used salt, pepper, and some thyme.


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Silver Age Sentinels (Wikipedia)

RPG Buffet 29 (Pathfinder) (16:23)

Mags, John, and Louis discuss Louis' run of Paizo Publishing's Pathfinder!


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Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing)