BattleTech celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, but for 25 of those years, a good deal of the BattleMech designs were caught in a legal quagmire. Why did so many classic mechs of the game disappear? This is the story of the history of the BattleTech license, Harmony Gold, Robotech, […]
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Gamer’s Tavern Game Table Shadowrun live stream — Watch live every Friday evening at 7:30 PM at http://www.twitch.tv/gamerstavernshow Brandon Gensemer – GM Ozurr – Neil Kat9 – Eiko Summer Newett – Remy Rob – Gremlin Seraph Blakes – Lost in Spirits John – Handsome Mo If you want to watch […]
Gamer’s Tavern Game Table Shadowrun live stream — Watch live at http://www.twitch.tv/gamerstavernshow Brandon Gensemer – GM Ozurr – Neil Kat9 – Eiko Rob – Gremlin Seraph Blakes – Lost in Spirits The Topps Company, Inc. has sole ownership of the names, logo, artwork, marks, photographs, sounds, audio, video and/or any […]
The year is 2050. Or 2053 or 2060 or 2070 or 2075 depending on the edition. This is the Sixth World, where megacorporations dominate a world where magic has returned and technology has advanced beyond our wildest imagination. This episode, we talk about the campaign setting of Shadowrun with a […]
The Arcology Podcast ran their second annual New Year special with several Shadowrun podcasters, including Darryl Mott Jr. (owner, producer, and engineer of the Gamer’s Tavern) and Brandon Gensemer (producer of the Gamer’s Tavern Game Table: Shadowrun)! We make a few announcements about the future of Gamer’s Tavern as we […]
We spent the weekend at Gen Con, the largest gaming convention in the world! Here’s what we saw, did, played, and more! Please note there’s no intro or outro on this episode as Darryl has come down with the most delayed case of con crud ever and can barely see […]
Very important but very overlooked, art has been a part of gaming since the start of the hobby. But what goes into making the art for game books? How can art change a game without altering a word? And why does Rob Liefeld come up when we’re talking about artists? […]
This episode, the team finds out they’re too hot for anyone to touch them after their high profile runs, so they have to find something to do on their own. Left to their own devices, they’re driven by the guilt of Raef and Sol as they go to the Ork […]
The Halloweeners are squaring up against the team as they head to clear out the Squatter Mall. Everyone’s tense and just waiting for the balloon to go up. Is a firefight going to happen? And will it be enough to send the Halloweeners packing, or will the team have to […]
Welcome to the Sixth World, where man meets magic and machine. In this Shadowrun actual play podcast, the team is hired by Big Bob from Big Bob’s Auto for a job. What’s their master plan for taking on Ares? Find out in this week’s Gamer’s Tavern Game Table. This episode […]
What does it mean to be human when you can replace your body with cybernetic implants? Does your soul survive if you upload your consciousness into a computer? Cyberpunk and transhumanist games ask these questions. From William Gibson’s Neuromancer to Warren Ellis’s Transmetropolitan, from Ghost in the Shell to Almost […]
On the trail of Sarah Patagonia, the team is surrounded by members of the Funky Fresh gang, both exits blocked by purple, teal, and shotguns. How is the team going to escape? And once they do, how are they going to deliver the cybered elf to the dapper troll Jenkins? […]