DiceCast

DiceCast™ Episode 3: The Future of Roleplaying Games and a Review of Fantasycraft

dicecast@polymancerstudios.com (Polymancer Studios, Inc.) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:23:39 PDT

In this episode, we discuss how popular RPGs seem to be moving away from the traditional "books only" format into formats with more components. Gaming that takes place "all in the mind" has fallen away to games that use miniatures, cards, and other tactile elements. This in turn has the potential to change the gaming experience from a "role-playing" experience, with talking and characterization as the focus, to "roll-playing," with tactical play as its focus.

We also review the new Fantasycraft RPG by Crafty Games.

DiceCast™ Episode 2: Worldwide D&D Day

dicecast@polymancerstudios.com (Polymancer Studios, Inc.) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:02:08 PDT

We interviewed a number of gamers about how long they have been playing Dungeons & Dragons™, their thoughts on the game in general, and what the game means in their lives. We found that for the people who play it, this game is more than just a hobby or a leisure activity.

More information about Polymancer® Studios, Inc. is available at .

Special DiceCast announcement: Welcome to our new location

dicecast@polymancerstudios.com (Polymancer Studios, Inc.) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:36:28 PST

This audio bumper officially announces that DiceCast™ has been moved to dicecast.blogspot.com as well as that the show's RSS feed and iTunes™ Music Store entries have changed. Full details about how to change your subscription in iTunes and in other programs are given in the MP3 file.

This is a very short (01:04:00) announcement with a musical background. Podcasters are permitted, and in fact encouraged, to download this episode and include it in their shows (right-click the title and select "Save link as...").

Polymancer® Studios thanks you for your patience and welcomes you to DiceCast's new download location!

DiceCast™ Episode 1: Character Creation

dicecast@polymancerstudios.com (Polymancer Studios, Inc.) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:29:04 PST

The guys from Polymancer® Studios discuss character creation. Facets of character creation covered include choosing an archetype, creating a background and backstory without going overboard, personality; and making the character a unique, fun challenge both for you to roleplay, for others to play alongside, and for others to encounter.

While focused on gaming, much of the discussion is relevant to writers of fiction too.

More information about who we are and what we do is available at www.polymancer.com. Questions and comments are always welcome at dicecast@polymancerstudios.com.

This episode contains bumpers for the following podcasts: Wapcaplets, All Games Considered, 3.5 Private Sanctuary, and The Escapistcast. These podcasts, the other podcasts named here, and many others are members of RPGPodcasts.com.

This episode was originally posted on January 1, 2009.

DiceCast Episode 0: Starting a new campaign

dicecast@polymancerstudios.com (Polymancer Studios, Inc.) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:05:12 PST

In this premier episode of DiceCast™, the guys from Polymancer discuss starting a new campaign. Every consideration that a gamemaster or player needs to keep in mind when a new campaign is being set up is discussed here.

New opportunities for freelance writers are announced at the end of the cast.

This episode was originally posted on Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008.