The first annual State of the Industry episode with guests Shane Hensley and Brandon Gensemer. This episode, we talk about where the industry is, where it’s going, and where we think it should go. This episode recorded before the big announcements from Wizards of the Coast, but our points still stand.
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Shane Hensley
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Brandon Gensemer
What We’ve Been Playing Lately
Shadowrun 5th Edition (Brandon)
Pathfinder (Brandon)
Darksouls 2 (Brandon)
Trials Fusion (Brandon)
Savage Worlds (Shane)
Weird Wars Rome (Shane)
Settlers of Catan (Darryl)
Arduin (Ross)
Champions Complete (Ross)
Star Trek Online (Ross) Echelon Division Fleet if you want to find him
The State of the Industry 2014
CORRECTION: It is the Advanced Class Guide coming out at GenCon. The Advanced Race Guide came out a couple of years ago.
Star Wars Beginner’s Box controversy blog (by a former ENnie judge, and the comments have a current ENnie judge and a really good discussion that’s safe to read)
“What is Happening to Tabletop RPGs” from PAX Prime with Mike Mearls, Ryan Dancey, and others
Gamer’s Tavern is licensed under a CC BY NC ND 4.0 license. Music for the Drive Thru RPG ad is “Tavern Brawl (Demo)” by Save or Die, Copyright 2013 used with permission. Music for the Spirit Store ad is “Inside” by b-Shake, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 International license. Music for One Degree of Separation is Copyright Nick Jaworski, used with permission
