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This episode is a collection of mini-reviews of a slew of 3rd party products (products usable for D&D but not by Wizards of the Coast). Chris Heard from Icosohedraphelia gives us reviews of the Chessex Dice Boot, Sonic Legends Soundscapes, and Paizo GameMastery Flip-Pad Mats, Jeremiah McCoy from the Basics of the Game gives us [...]

Mike Shea of Sly Flourish joins me for a discussion where we build an encounter at a portal to the Fey Wild based around Foulspawn and then we talk about finding the balance of using collaborative storytelling in your game as a DM and a player. Sponsor: Pick of the episode - Paizo’s Flip-Mats Amazon Through the Tome [...]

I am joined in this episode by Matt James to talk about what he’s doing in the D&D world, as well as building a Shadar-Kai Swordmage and giving advice on how to start a new campaign. Sponsors: Pick of the Episode - Plane Below Character Build (PDFs): Jeff’s Build at Level 1 Jeff’s Build at Level 11 Matt’s Build at Level [...]

Dave Chalker and Quinn Murphy join me to talk about Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons. We tend to like the book although think that one chapter (Dragon Lairs) was lacking in creativity. Sponsors: Pick of the Episode 1st Edition Draconomicon Draconomicon (4e) Chromatic Dragons Draconomicon (4e) Metallic Dragons Links: Critical Hits Quinn Murphy “Tide of Iron” by Drakkensteed Drakkensteed on Twitter Download Standard Podcasts

To look at the super-adventure Revenge of the Giants I called on Quinn Murphy and Ken Newquist. The short of it, great concepts, great fights, great skill challenges, struggles with pacing and story. Listen up for more. Sponsor: Picks of the Episode - Against the Giants (older versions) Revenge of the Giants (4e) Links: Nuketown Nuketown Radio Active At-Will Blog Download Standard [...]

This advice episode is turned on it’s head. Phil “Chatty DM” Menard joins me from the great state…er, country of Canada this time around. But instead of building a PC and giving some DM advice we build an encounter for my personal campaign and give some advice on building a cohesive party. Sponsor: Links: Chatty [...]

Primal Power attempts to explain what the primal power source is and provide characters who use it with more options. For this review Jeff is joined by Will Wong, Quinn Murphy, and Marcelo Dior. And they examine if the book successfully accomplishes that goal (here’s a quick preview…it does). It was a really fun discussion [...]

Regular contributor Will Wong reviews and leads an interview about the Abolethic Sovereignty with author Bruce Cordell. All in all, books sound very interesting to me and it’s a great way to see how 4e D&D and Forgotten Realms is impacting your novel lines. Enjoy! Sponsors: RPGNow.com RPGNow Pick of the Episode - Disposable Heroes Fantasy Set 6 Download [...]

To review the DMG2 I called upon the professionals of Quinn Murphy (At-Will) and Dave Chalker (Critical Hits). All in all this book has some faults, but we generally thought it was fantastic. One of us even claimed that it was the best version of any DMG ever released…that’s high praise. Listen in for more. Sponsors: RPGNow.com RPGNow.com [...]

In this episode I talked to Mike Mearls and James Wyatt of Wizards of the Coast about the Dungeon Masters Guide 2. I also went down to my local game store, All Fun and Games, in Apex, NC to talk to the people there about the DMG2 World Wide D&D Game Day event. Sponsors: RPGNow.com RPGNow.com Pick [...]

This episode I am joined by Don Dehm of Pulp Gamer as we build a Halfling Cleric focused on healing, evangelizing, and protecting itself. We also give some of our thoughts on pacing and engagement in the game. Sponsor: RPGNow.com RPGNow Pick of the Episode - Huxtropy Links: Jeff on the Wizard’s Community The Tome Show on the Wizard’s Community Download [...]

Benton and Jason from Fist Full of Comics and Games represented the Vorpal Network at GenCon 2009 and talked to Bruce Cordell and Andy Collins of Wizards of the Coast for me. They also talked to some other folks at WotC and Green Ronin and you can find that interview at Fist Full of [...]

In this episode the Eberron Campaign Guide and Players Guide are explored by myself, McCoy, Nick DiPetrillo (from DungeonMastering), and Ken Newquist (from Nuketown). Sponsors RPGNow.com RPGNow Pick of the Episode - Flaws and Merits Links Eberron video Review on DungeonMastering Download Standard Podcasts

Divine Power is a supplement intended to improve your divine characters with new options for your Avenger (teach them to play better with the rest of the party), Cleric (become all the healer you can be), Invoker (the true voice of the gods), and the Paladin (now you can be a defender that defends), plus [...]

This series of the Tome Show Presents is being produced by Jeremiah McCoy from The Basics of the Game and is all about the unique and take on 4th edition D&D that One Bad Egg brings to the table. Download Standard Podcasts