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If you’re a regular listener to The Round Table podcast, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that we haven’t been releasing new episodes on anything that could be called a “schedule” for several months now. Mick Bradley turned the reigns of the show over to Chris Miller and I, and we (with the help of Mr. Bradley and a number of other very talented people) released what I consider to be two very good episodes: An Introduction to Story Games and British vs. American Television. We (and by “we” I mean “Chris”) had a couple of other episodes planned, but never got around to actually organizing guest appearances and sitting down in front of the microphones to record.

Yesterday, we at The House of the Harping Monkey decided it was time to throw in the towel and admit that we just didn’t have the time or energy to do the show anymore. Conflicting obligations and a host of other projects (professional and personal) demanded a lot of that time and energy and something had to give eventually. We agreed that, for better or for worse, The Round Table (and also, unfortunately, Misfit Brew) should come to an end.

We’re getting together tonight to record one final episode, rather than just letting the show fizzle and podfade without an official send off. I’m not sure how long the show will be or what we’ll talk about other than retiring The Round Table, but we all felt it would be best to do one more show and let anyone still subscribed know that there won’t be any more.

Posted October 23, 2007 Comments(0)

The fifth season of The Round Table kicks off with an introduction to story gaming. Chris Miller and I, still stinging from our less-than-technically-successful attempt at playing Primetime Adventures with Miscellaneous G™, sit down with a panel of story gamers and game designers to discuss just what a story game is and how we as “traditional” gamers could make the transition from dungeon crawls to collaborative storytelling.

Our esteemed panel includes:

• Mick Bradley, our boss, the Master of Misfit Monkeys. He’s a podcaster (but you knew that), the proprietor of The House of the Harping Monkey, and is working on his first RPG for public consumption, Vegas After Midnight.
• Rob Wakefield, one of the hosts of Accidental Survivors.
• Matt Snyder, a podcaster (The Score) as well as a game designer (Dust Devils).
• Clyde L. Rhoer, the host of Theory From the Closet, a podcast that focuses on gaming theory.
• The Sam Chupp, a podcaster (The Bear’s Grove), an author (Heart of the Hunter) and a game designer (Changeling: The Dreaming and Wraith: The Oblivion)

So if you’ve been living in fear of random monster encounters and wise old men lingering in nondescript taverns, maybe it’s time to change gears a bit; join us at The Round Table and see if story gaming gets your creative gears turning.

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Posted August 1, 2007 Comments(0)

Every couple of weeks or so the planets alignThe particular planets are not important, as long as they’re aligned. And not necessarily with one another. It’s very complicated. and we sit down to record another episode of The Round Table. “We” are, of course, Master of Monkeys, Misfits and Ceremonies, Mick Bradley, Desperadicus Unquietus, Chris Miller, me and — if our audience is incredibly fortunate — someone, anyone else. Sadly, it was just the three of us this time, and the aforementioned audience (assuming one still exists) is doomed to wail and gnash its collective teeth.

The show is just over an hour long and we discuss a great many things, not the least of which is Mahalo, the no-longer-super-secret project our Mr. Miller has been working on lo these many months. There is also mention of books, movies, RPGs, more super-secret projects, and making holy matrimony safer for all involved parties through the introduction of closed-cell foam padding.

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Posted June 15, 2007 Comments(5)

When you’re done celebrating the First of May, head on over to The House of the Harping Monkey and download the latest episode of The Round Table. Chris Miller is in Los Angeles working on a super-secret project, so it’s just Mick Bradley and me going back and forth across the table about the geeky things that have caught our interest in the last couple of months.

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Posted May 1, 2007 Comments(0)

Mick Bradley and Julia Sullivan went AWOL recently, leaving Chris Miller and I to record the latest episode of The Round Table. Undaunted, we interviewed Tee Morris, co-author (with Lisa Lee) of MOREVI: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana, co-author (with Evo Terra) of Podcasting for Dummies, author of Billibub Baddings and The Case of the Singing Sword and host of The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy podcast.

Chris and I also had a discussion about Marvel Comics’ Civil War crossover series and the death of my favorite super hero, Captain America.

Mick will be back for the next episode, but Julia will likely be absent for much of Season Four as she carves a bloody swath of carnage and destruction across northeast Ohio. In the meantime, give The Round Table a listen, won’t you? For the children?

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Posted March 29, 2007 Comments(4)