Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Surly Grognards - Episode Twenty "Happy Halloween!"

This week, Eric and I talk about horror in gaming, and then discuss the horrific situation of having a group of players for an RPG and no GM.

As always, if you have any feedback, comments, show topic suggestions or questions you'd like answered on a future episode, please email them to us at: surlygrognards@yahoo.com

Sunday, October 28, 2012

MechaGM's D&D Tutorial Extravaganza! October 28 Session

The third and final tutorial extravaganza session. This week I am joined by: ThatDman, Zastaver, CaptainFreetime, Dylpage and SuperEffector.

Thanks to everyone who joined in on the tutorial shenanigans! I had a lot of fun with y'all. :)
-peterB

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Mutants and Masterminds - Star City Campaign Session 2

This week our heroes are joined by a new defender of justice, and look into a strange series of bank robberies.

Players: Liam "Arclight", Eric Carlson and Nik "Y Ruler of Time" Freeman GM: Peter "MechaGM" Bowman For those who are interested, here is the link to the campaign background document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ybaCziRiCKQ-rX6uwHgkWNDyh1kIr2Vke9tmwg6lm9E/edit

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Surly Grognards - Episode Nineteen "The Cultural Divide of Gaming"

This week, Eric and I discuss the various subcultures of tabletop gaming and our theories on why there is sometimes friction between them.

As usual, if you have any feedback, suggestions, possible show topics or questions you'd like answered during the show; please feel free to email them to us at: surlygrognards@yahoo.com

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Mutants and Masterminds - Star City Campaign Session 1

This week, our heroes meet each other for the first time and fight a threat to the city from another world!

Players: Liam "Arclight", Eric Carlson and Nik "Y Ruler of Time" Freeman
GM: Peter "MechaGM" Bowman
For those who are interested, here is the link to the campaign background document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ybaCziRiCKQ-rX6uwHgkWNDyh1kIr2Vke9tmwg6lm9E/edit

MechaGM's D&D Tutorial Extravaganza! October 21 Session

This is the second session of the D&D Tutorial Extravaganza. This weeks players are: FenrirMoradin, Slatefield, Zaon, WordontheWind and Darthelmo.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The Surly Grognards - Episode Eighteen "From the Table to the Monitor"

This week, Eric and I discuss video games that have been influenced by tabletop games, video games that are adaptations of video games and touch on some tabletop games that have drawn on video games.

As always, if you have any feedback, show topic suggestions, constructive criticisms or questions you'd like answered on the show please email us at: surlygrognards@yahoo.com

Saturday, October 13, 2012

MechaGM's D&D Tutorial Extravaganza! October 13 Session

This is the first of three Tutorial D&D games I am running on my stream. The players this week are: Bluecoati, Celepheid, King Wazza and Zeth

Players: Bluecoati, Celepheid, Kingwazza and Zeth
GM: MechaGM

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The Surly Grognards - Episode Seventeen "Superheroic Difficulties"

This week Eric and I discuss the challenges of running and playing in a Superhero RPG. (and ramble a fair bit on Comic Books in general)

As usual, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions please feel free to comment below or to email us at: surlygrognards@yahoo.com

Monday, October 8, 2012

A couple of Giveaways on my Stream!

Hey guys,

thanks to my good friend, Dan, I am now in possession of a couple of batches of points codes for the MMOs "Lord of the Rings Online" and "Dungeons and Dragons Online." Each code can be redeemed in the respective in-game store for (if memory serves me correctly) 1,500 Turbine Points.

So, what I think I will be doing is giving them away to viewers on my stream.

What is going to happen is this: I will be playing both of these games on my stream during the week this week. While I am playing I will be giving away codes for that game. I'll think of some way to fairly hand them out. If you are interested, just tune in while I am playing the game you are interested in getting a code for. Or, if you can't make it while I am playing for some reason, you can email me with the subject "MMO Point Code Raffle" to my hotmail account.

One note: you may not win more than one code per game. (if I have enough interest, I may par it down to one code total)

I'll post on Twitter when I will be playing which game. (also, if you click the follow button on my Twitch.tv page, you'll get an email notification when my stream goes live)

So come on by and have your chance to win a free code for either Lord of the Rings Online or Dungeons & Dragons Online!

-PeterB

A new campaign...

So, last night on my stream we had the brainstorming session for the new RPG campaign I will be hosting on my stream. We are branching out from D&D this time and moving into the four-color world of Superheroes!

That's right, true believers, we will be playing Mutants and Masterminds!

If you would like to read the campaign background document you can find it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ybaCziRiCKQ-rX6uwHgkWNDyh1kIr2Vke9tmwg6lm9E/edit

I will be joined this time by Nik, Liam, Gav and Eric (my co-host on Surly Grognards) as players.

I did not record the brainstorming session, but you can view the highlights on my stream page.

I think this is going to be a lot of fun, even though this will be my first time actually running a M&M campaign. (I'm going to have to spend some time reading through the rules before we start.

The game will be running Saturday evenings, starting at 5:30pm eastern, on my stream. (first session will probably be in two weeks)

I may have to shift some of the D&D Tutorial sessions to Sundays, which I will discuss in the email I will be sending out to the people who have signed up for it. (I'll probably send out the email on Tuesday of this week)

So, if you want to enjoy some superheroic action, come on by!

Excelcior!

-PeterB

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

The Surly Grognards - Episode Sixteen "More of Our Favorite Moments in Gaming"

This week Eric and I recount more of our favorite moments in tabletop gaming.

As always, if you have any feedback, comments, suggetions for show topics or questions you'd like answered on the show, please feel free to either post them in the comments below or email us at: surlygrognards@yahoo.com