I thought it might be nice for us to have a place for Basement dwellers to mention stuff they’re kickstarting, or stuff they think others might be interested in Kickstarting. I figure the comments make a reasonable facsimile of a thread….
Category Archives: Tabletop Games
COTB 011 – The All Star Wars Special
For a topic so massive in scope, Carlos and BJ call in their backup expert JJ to help them analyze all things Star Wars related. All manner of Star wars geekdom is discussed, including the Movies, anime, books, video games, television, and role-playing games.
BJ’s DnD Setup
In the last podcast we mentioned BJ’s new D&D setup. Check out a few quick photos after the break.
COTB 009 – Dresden Files and Some Online DM tools
Carlos and Ben review the Dresden Files in novel, comic book, television, and RPG format. Then they talk about the variety of online tools available for running games via a virtual table top or play-by-post campaign.
COTB 008 – League of Legends and board games
For the first time Carlos and Ben have 3 guest hosts on the podcast to discuss board games and League of Legends. It may be a crowded room, but there’s a diverse experience where it comes to the hobby with this group (except for League of Legends, which is apparently the only MOBA game they all play).
COTB 007 – Game Master tips and classic anime
Carlos and Ben discuss the Tupac hologram, the Avengers movie domination, tips and tricks for new game masters, and great anime suggestions.
Dice Tower Awards 2011
Honestly, I almost don’t want to mention this, given that we’re trying to add a board game section to our podcast, and Dice Tower is the king of board game podcasts, but here goes…
They have an awards event every year. It’s a bit under promoted for no apparent reason, so here’s a small attempt to correct that…
http://www.dicetowernews.com/dice-tower-awards-for-2011/
Check them out, listen to all 250+ episodes, then subscribe! Â Then come back here once we get our podcast rolling with board games…
Note that this list has completely become my “must buy” list. Some really good stuff on there.
The full list, if you’re lazy, is here
COTB 006 – Geek music and DnD 5th edition news
Carlos and BJ cover the world of geek music and then spend some time discussing the recent news and changes coming from Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition.
COTB 005 – Guild Wars 2 and Tables Top Games
Carlos and BJ discuss the upcoming Guild Wars 2 massive multi-player online role playing game and the sea of table top games out there. Special thanks for Terrence Vitali for helping clean up the audio file (we’ll get Carlos’s mic fixed for the next episode).
Sexism in Geek Culture, with a look at Comics
In the most recent Coming Out of the Basement Podcast, we discuss sexism in geek culture, with a bit of a closer look at comics (along with the Mass Effect 3 ending). For the first subject, I had enough sources and examples that I thought it made sense to do a post on the topic.
I meant to mention three areas:
- the portrayal of women in geek culture media (comics, games, RPGs, etc.)
- the treatment of women in geek culture in real life situations, and
- women in positions of authority in the industries (writers/artists/creators/editors/etc.).
Lots more below.
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