Episode Thirty-Eight - Murder, Mayhem & Modules, Oh My!

Ben, Cassandra, Christy and Zack ramble on a bit after playing a third session of Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures, mostly discussing murderous rampages and old modules.

as well as other assorted nerdery.

If you want to know more about Beyond the Wall, check out the Antagonist Relations reviews:

Antagonist Relations reviews Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures
Antagonist Relations reviews Further Afield.


Please take our listener survey here.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelatiosEp38MurderMayhemandModulesOhMy/AntagonistRelatiosEp38-MurderMayhemandModulesOhMy.mp3

Episode Thirty-Four - Increasing Sass

Ben, Cassandra, Christy and Zack discuss the second session (episodes 31, 32 & 33) of the Antagonist Relations Actual Play of Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures as well as other assorted nerdery.

If you want to know more about Beyond the Wall, check out the Antagonist Relations reviews:

Antagonist Relations reviews Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures
Antagonist Relations reviews Further Afield.


Please take our listener survey here.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsEp34IncreasingSass/AntagonistRelationsAfterMay5th.mp3

Episode Thirty - Shkelington Afterparty oOoOoO

Recorded the same night as episode 29, Ben, Cassandra, Christy and Zack discuss Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures, what we enjoy about it and how our first full play session went.

If you want to know more about Beyond the Wall, check out the Antagonist Relations reviews:

Antagonist Relations reviews Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures
Antagonist Relations reviews Further Afield.


Please take our listener survey here.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsEpisode30ShkelingtonAfterpartyoOoOoO/AntagonistRelationsEpisode30-ShkelingtonAfterpartyoOoOoO.mp3

Episode Twenty-Eight - The Return Of Rambling

A return to Old School In the Lair of the Ginger Giant podcasts... Listen to Ben and I ramble on about the games we're running and playing in, recent inspirations and more. Topics include D&D 5th Edition, Beyond the Wall, 13th Age Eyes of the Stone Thief, AD&D 2nd Edition and more... Descend with us, once again, into the comforting depths of the Lair of the Ginger Giant for the Antagonist Relations podcast.

Zack's Recommendations

• Paper Girls
• Annihilation

Ben's Recommendations

• Wizkid's Wardlings (and other minis)
• Questminiatures

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsPodcastEpisode28TheReturnOfRambling/Antagonist%20Relations%20Podcast%20-%20Episode%2028%20-%20The%20Return%20Of%20Rambling.mp3

Episode Twenty-two - Roll a CON Save

We have a long and rambling actual, old-school podcast where we talked about some of the shortcomings of 5e D&D and how we address them, games we want to run and I did some more convincing of Ben of the glory that will be Death Grind D&D before the three beers and late night caught up to me and we ran out of steam. We're going to try and be more focused on these in the future, and cover topics instead of (who am I kidding, in addition to) rambling on and on, so if you have a topic you'd like us to cover, reach out and let us know.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsPodcastRollCONSave/Antagonist%20Relations%20Podcast%20-%20Roll%20CON%20Save.mp3

Episode Seventeen - Status Alert

A status update podcast where the Ginger Giant and I discuss the games we've run recently and those we'll run in the near future...

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsPodcastStatusAlert/Antagonist%20Relations%20Podcast%20-%20Status%20Alert.mp3

Episode Fourteen - Owlbears and Wendigos

In which the Ginger Giant and I discuss the games we've been running and playing lately, with our better halves providing insights into what it's like to be subjected to our GMing.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsPodcastOwlbearsWendigos/Antagonist%20Relations%20Podcast%20-%20Owlbears%20%26%20Wendigos.mp3

Episode Thirteen - Sternly Worded Letters

Because I've been a terrible blogger, here's another Antagonist Relations Podcast. We bring on our good friend Bob who's recently been making the leap from player to Game Master.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsPodcastSternlyWrittenLetters/Antagonist%20Relations%20Podcast%20-%20Sternly%20Written%20Letters.mp3

Episode Twelve - Upstairs F*ckery

The Ginger Giant and I ascend into the creepy and echoing vastness that is his upstairs living room (apologies for the sound quality) and discuss the two 13th Age Games I'm running, the two games I'm playing and the four 5th Edition D&D games he's running.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsPodcastUpstairsFuckery/Antagonist%20Relations%20Podcast%20-%20Upstairs%20Fuckery.mp3

Episode Eleven - Good Times, Bad Times

I returned again to the Lair of the Ginger Giant a few weeks ago and we discussed RPGs as is our wont.

We discussed dealing with drunken players, 13th Age, Numenera, Monster Hearts, World Wide Wrestling, 5th Edition D&D and more.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsGoodTimesBadTimes/Antagonist%20Relations%20-%20Good%20Times%2C%20Bad%20Times.mp3

Episode Ten - A Bad Case of Hiatus

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsABadCaseOfHiatus/Antagonist%20Relations%20-%20A%20Bad%20Case%20Of%20Hiatus.mp3

Episode Nine - From the Depths of the Lair of the Ginger Giant

A long "lost" podcast recently recovered from the depths of the Ginger Giant's lair.  In it we discuss our plans for co-DMing his Type IV D&D campaign.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsSPECIALSPOILERS/Antagonist%20Relations%20SPECIAL%20SPOILERS.mp3

Episode Eight - Dice Shaming Dungeon World

A discussion of the our "Cave Eagles" Dungeon World actual play game.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsDiceShamingDungeonWorld/Antagonist%20Relations%20-%20Dice%20Shaming%20Dungeon%20World.mp3

Episode Six - 5E Advantage/Disadvantage

Episode Six is all about our first impressions of the Fifth Edition D&D Basic Rules PDF (which you can get for free at the WoTC site)

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsPodcast5EAdvantageDisadvantage/Antagonist%20Relations%20Podcast%20-%205E%20Advantage%20Disadvantage.mp3

Episode Five - Escape from CONvergence

In episode Five we talk about the Ginger Giant's time at CONvergence and his time playing Pathfinder and the inspirations he got from attending various panels and how we might apply them to our games.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsPodcastEscapeFromCONvergence/Antagonist%20Relations%20Podcast%20-%20Escape%20From%20CONvergence.mp3

Episode Four - Planescape Making You Jelly

(Art of Winfred as a never-nude by the talented Heidi Blunt, former player of Kit Clovertail)

In this Podcast the Ginger Giant and I discuss our various current and future games briefly and then the last 2/3rds or 3/4s of the podcast features two of my Planescape players making Ben jealous that he cannot play in my Planescape game.  Featuring tales of Succubus towers, Halflings fighting to the death on giant platters of mutton grease, magical masterwork hoes and an elderly Bariaur's decline into senility.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsPodcastPlanescapeMakingYouJelly/Antagonist%20Relations%20Podcast%20-%20Planescape%20Making%20You%20Jelly.mp3

Episode Three - Rocket Sled to Failure

Long time no podcast... but I finally returned to the lair of the Ginger Giant.

Discussed herein: The depressing end of my Apocalypse World game, things I'm stealing for my Fading Suns game, my online Vampire the Dark Ages influence game and a long tangent on player assumptions leading to wild conclusions.  Oh, we also touch on my blog post about Failure.  Also, other things, but I forget.

Episode Three: Rocket Sled to Failure

We also recorded a second secret podcast that may never see the light of day or the ears of listeners.

PS.  Thomas, who is taking over GM duties on future Online Influence Games, started a new blog: A Game of Influence  If you want to read all about our continuing adventures in attempting to improve influence style games, which I touched on tangentially in my "LARP's Lessons Lost" post, then you'll enjoy his new blog.  I expect to be a regular commentator.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelationsEp3RocketsledToFailure/Antagonist%20Relations%20Ep%203%20Rocketsled%20To%20Failure.mp3

Episode Two - Game Prep

Back in the Lair of the Ginger Giant, Ben and I discuss game prep and crafting encounters.

Listen and download here: In the Lair of the Ginger Giant: Antagonist Relations Podcast Episode Two: Game Prep

Let us know if you have comments, feedback or are interested in being a guest to talk about running or playing in RPGs.

https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelations-Episode2-Prep/AntagonistRelations-Ep2-Prep.mp3

Episode One - Role Initiative

The inaugural episode of the new podcast I'm doing with Ben of Because In a Blog No One Can Here You Scream.

We discuss:

• Games we've played, run and want to play in the future.
• Ben's thoughts on D&D Next after playing in the weekend-long session I ran of White Plume Mountain in celebration of my 30th birthday.
• The Player Principles I outlined in my recent blog post: Principled Playing
• And answered some listener questions to "Dear Dungeon Master"

Listen and download here: In the Lair of the Ginger Giant: Antagonist Relations Podcast Episode One: Roll Initiative

Let us know if you have comments, feedback or are interested in being a guest to talk about running or playing in RPGs.


https://archive.org/download/AntagonistRelations-Episode1-RollInitiative/AntagonistRelations-Episode1-RollInitiative.mp3