Sam Chupp emailed me and said "hey, let's do this podcast together like we've talked about." Who am I to resist such a charming fellow as Sam, huh? So we Skyped and recorded. Mickey and Deke were over because the three of us were heading out for dinner and then to go see New Model Army play at a local venue.

Great stuff, yeah? Well here comes the not so cool part. That night when we got home and were unwinding so we could get a few hours of sleep before a very long day I SPILLED CUP'O'NOODLES BROTH ONTO MY LAPTOP!! Oh fuck, oh no.

The upshot is that my sound device is kaputski.

So this episode is unedited, late, and unlistened to. I tried to send the files to my wife's laptop, but I would have had to send the Audacity data files one by one, and that's tedious as all get out.

So if the sound quality sucks here, I aplogize, and if the unedited portion where Sam loses his connection is irritating, sorry about that too.

Remember, at Stabbing Contest, professionalism is job... um 28 or so?

The Bear's Grove podcast http://bearsgrove.com/ which gets better with age like good cheese.

Dragonkin http://dragonkin.bearsgrove.com/ where sam talks about kids and gaming.

I know there were things i was going to put in the notes, but dammit I would rather just get this up seeing as it's stupidly late.

If you need links to anything, please leave a comment and i'll reply with the link.

Shaenon Garrity http://shaenon.livejournal.com/
Shazam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazam%21
chuck austen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Austen
nightcrawler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightcrawler_%28comics%29
Story games (again) http://www.story-games.com/forums/
the Forge (again) http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/
Scott Pilgrim http://scottpilgrim.com/
The Boys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_%28comic%29
Wanted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted_%28comic%29
Astro City http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_city
Northwest Circle, no link. If you're in the Northwest ask me for an invite over email.
Tony Dowler http://tony.dowler.com/
Chocolate cake! http://www.seldo.com/artemis/archives/chocolatecake.JPG
Paul Czega http://www.halfmeme.com/
Ron Edwards http://www.adept-press.com/
Vincent Baker http://lumpley.com/games/
Meg Baker http://www.fairgame-rpgs.com/
Emily Care Boss http://www.blackgreengames.com/
Scott Sigler http://www.scottsigler.com/
Look for Bliss Stage and Polaris links in the last show's notes.
Alternate Reality Games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_games
Deeper In The Game http://bankuei.wordpress.com/

I had the chance to sit down with Ben at his table and talk about all manner of things. We talked for about two hours so I broke this into two episodes.

Show Notes:

Tao Games http://www.tao-games.com/

Ben's old blog http://benlehman.blogspot.com/

Edible Dirt http://eddirt.frozenreality.co.uk/

Story Games forum http://www.story-games.com/forums/

The Mutualism thread http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=6071&page=1

The episode of Theory From The Closet that spawned it http://theoryfromthecloset.com/2008/03/19/show030-mutualism-is-dead/

Mutualism group hug thread http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=6082&page=1#Item_18

With Great power... http://www.incarnadinepress.com/

Capes http://www.museoffire.com/Games/index.html

The Forge forum http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/

Rpg.net http://www.rpg.net/

Riddle of Steel http://www.theriddleofsteel.net/

Hungry, desperate, and Alone http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=5170

Charnel Gods http://www.sorcerer-rpg.com/product.php/charnelgods.html

Game Chef http://www.game-chef.com/

My WWII game thread http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=5941&page=1#Item_61

SG Names Project http://www.lulu.com/content/404111

The Dreaming Comics and Games http://thedreamingcomics.com/

Indie Press Revolution http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/home.php

Dont Rest Your Head http://www.evilhat.com/home/?page_id=101

Faery's Tale http://firefly-games.com/

Prime Time Adventures http://www.dog-eared-designs.com/games.html

Shooting the Moon and Breaking the Ice http://www.blackgreengames.com/games.html

Jeepform http://www.jeepen.org/dict/

Dogs In The Vineyard http://www.lumpley.com/games/dogsources.html

SLC Punk http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133189/

GURPS http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/

D&D http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome

Warhammer Fantasy Battles http://us.games-workshop.com/games/warhammer/

World of Warcraft http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml

Independant Insurgency episode with Epidiah Ravachol http://independentinsurgency.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=310654

G.I. Joe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe#A_Real_American_Hero_.281982-1994.29 Specifically the 6" G.I. Joes Ben and I grew up on.

Snake Eyes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake-Eyes

Silent Interlude http://www.yojoe.com/comics/joe/joe21.shtml

Sorry about the sound on this one. Kevin's a little quiet, and I should've asked people not to mess about on the table while recording.

Some really good stuff here. Especially early on when we talk about wanting characters to fail.

Show notes:

Rpgpodcasts.com http://www.rpgpodcasts.com/

Cyberpunk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#Games

Bruce Sterling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Sterling

William Gibson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson

What's a mary-sue? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_sue

Spirit of the Century http://www.evilhat.com/home/?page_id=103

The FATE system http://www.evilhat.com/home/?page_id=105

Gumshoe http://www.dyingearth.com/gumshoe/index.html

221B Baker St. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/1275 

Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_Consulting_Detective http://www.thevintagegamer.net/?p=49

Glenn Cook: http://www.xmission.com/~shpshftr/GC/GC-Home.html  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Cook

Jake Garrett P.I. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Cook#Garrett_P.I.

Greeter the comic: http://www.greetercomics.com/

Comfort Guides: http://www.comfort-guide.com/

Mickey's Cassanova game, or at least a thread about it http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=5697&page=1#Item_23

Jersey Boys, a musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Boys

the Flaming Taft game thread http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Boys

2300 AD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2300AD

John Wick's Thirty http://www.wicked-dead.com/thirty/

My WWII game thread, which I need to update with things that have changed during playtest http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=5941&page=1#Item_40

Mick Bradley's The Game That might Be http://harpingmonkey.com/tgtmb/

The Godzilla Gaming Podcast http://godzillagamingpodcast.libsyn.com/

Sons of Kryos http://www.sonsofkryos.com/

Independent Insurgency the home of Rob Bohl http://independentinsurgency.libsyn.com/

I left out some co-hosts of these shows, and I'm sorry for that. Cam, Jeff, and Storn are awesome.

Stabbing Contest episode 009 Conquest NW saturday after action report with Lukas Myhan, Joe McDonald, Jordan Whateverhe'scallinghimself, Marcy, Deek Murtaugh, Mickey Schulz, Chris Vermeers, and myself.

We holler and fuss and yell and rage about games and get all silly after a day of lots of intense gaming.

Rock.

Show notes:

Games played: In a Wicked Age http://www.lumpley.com/wicked.html

Princes Kingdom http://crngames.com/the_princes_kingdom/

Shock! http://glyphpress.com/shock/

Don't Rest Your Head http://www.evilhat.com/home/?page_id=101

Gloom http://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG1250.php

Jungle Speed http://www.junglespeed.co.uk/

Doesteyevskyan Murder Ballad no link found

Two-Die or Trait System http://www.story-games.com/forums/

The nonattending member of our saturday game, Jason http://poxlom.livejournal.com/ pop by and tell him he sucks for not coming.

his hilarious webcomic http://hellbentcomics.com/newest.htm

Conquest NW where we were http://www.avalonconventions.com/conquestnw/

Mechaton which i bought from a lego vendor which was extra unexpected and extra rad http://www.lumpley.com/results.php?term=mechaton&in=Posts

Lego lik you needed this link http://www.lego.com/en-US/default.aspx

Playmobil http://www.playmobil.com/index.html

Dreamation a con I call mecca http://www.dexposure.com/d2007.html

Cafe Game Exchange http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=5378&page=1

Age of Quarrel an album by the Cro-Mags that came up for some reason http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cro-Mags

GeekGirlsRule http://geekgirlsrule.wordpress.com/

SepiaChord http://www.sepiachord.com/

Victorian Adventure Enthusiast http://www.victorianadventureenthusiast.com/index.html

the worlds coolest dice box does not come up on the Container Store's website. Do they know the sales they're missing?

Perfect http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Perfect_RPG.php

Polaris and Bliss Stage http://www.swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress/

Principia http://planet-thirteen.com/

The Shadows of Yesterday http://crngames.com/the_shadow_of_yesterday/

Whew, you can do a lot of notes when you're home with stomach flu.

A little late because I left my mic in Wenatchee wat my folks house.

I hadn't set up a recording session because of said missing microphone, but Judd and I were chatting, and then Skypeing, and, well, what the hell, we did a cast.

This was a really good time.

Show notes, of which some are just extrapolations off a theme, not direct references:

The Scorpions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpions

Evil Hat Productions makers of Don't Rest Your Head http://www.evilhat.com/home/

John Kim's excellent gaming page http://www.darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/index.html

Shock: Social Science Fiction http://glyphpress.com/shock/

Push: New thinking about roleplaying http://plays-well.com/push/

Ambercon US, which jen actually can go to http://www.ambercon.com/

Ambercon NW my favorite con of the year http://www.amberconnw.org/

Mortal Coil http://www.galileogames.com/mortal-coil/index.html

Carry: A Game About War http://www.hamsterprophetproductions.com/wordpress/?page_id=25

Hey, if you like the show, let me know. Commetn here, or drop me a line at StabbingContest@gmail.com

Robert Bohl of The Independant Insurgency and I go for about an hour. This was a lot of fun as Rob and I have a lot of things in common.

I aplogize for all the "Are you there? Did I lose you?" crap. Skype wasn't being our best friend that day.

Show notes: Rob's Show, which rocks. http://independentinsurgency.libsyn.com/

Hub City Stompers, His theme music providers. http://hubcitystompers.com/

I Would knife Fight a Man. http://www.i-would-knife-fight-a-man.com/forum/ Here's a little warning, read all the stickys, seriously.

In A Wicked Age http://www.lumpley.com/wicked.html Lots of fun.

Dog Blog, Matt Wilson's design blog where you can read about Galactic. http://dogdesign.blogspot.com/

The Master Plan episode with luke Crane. http://masterplanpodcast.net/index.php?post_id=286128

This is the second part of my lengthy ramble with Clyde from Theory Form the Closet and Discussion from the Closet.

We wander even further around gaming and talk about counter-culture and it's influence on gaming and the story games community.

A few brief show notes.

Go Play Northwest http://goplaynw.wetpaint.com/?t=anon

Conquest Northwest http://www.avalonconventions.com/conquestnw/

Gamestorm in Vancouver WA http://www.gamestorm.org/

Origins http://www.originsgamefair.com/

Forge Midwest http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25563.msg246264

Double Exposure, the umbrella orginization for Condex and Dreamation http://www.dexposure.com/home.html

Ok, that seems to take care of the really important stuff. It's late and I have holes to drill in concrete tomorrow, so if i left anything out, please forgive me.

So Clyde Rhoer and I talked for over two hours the other night, and this is part one of that conversation.

Show notes: Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax were the creators of D&D. I remembered Dave's name about a half hour after we wrapped up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_&_Dragons this is a pretty good article. I got well distracted reading it while i should have been posting these notes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_Order contains a bit of the Game of Thrones story.

http://independentinsurgency.libsyn.com/ Rob Bohl's new podcast. Cracking good!

http://theoryfromthecloset.com/ Clydes awesome show. Check out his latest post where he pimps his new awesome show Discussions From The Closet.

That's all for now, and I just realized that i have again neglected to point out that websites and email address on air.

stabbingcontest@gmail.com for those who'd like to email me from here.

Well, sorry for the delay, but the holidays make it a bit difficult to get together with co-hosts.

And, on with the show notes.

Two games we mentioned during our conversation about board games when we were kids that you may not have heard of are http://www.farmgame.com/tfg.htm The Farming Game, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard_%28board_game%29 Scotland yard.

Gloom, an excellent witty card game http://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG1250.php

Bang! A western game about shooting each other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang!

The Kenneth Hite episodes of Have Games, Will Travel can be found on this page http://havegameswilltravel.libsyn.com/?search_string=kenneth+hite&search=1

Kublacon the Khan of cons, where Jules runs a game design contest http://www.kublacon.com/

BoardGameGeek http://www.boardgamegeek.com/newuser.php

Phoenix, a former winner of that KublaCon contest http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/6481

Russian Rails, by former winner Jodi Soares (though not the entry she won with) http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/9617

Time's Up, Jules and I's favorite party game http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/1353

Apples to Apples, another great party game http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/74

Are You a Werewolf, which I'm not so crazy about, but Jules loves http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/925

Paranoia, my favorite pick-up rpg http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpg/series.php?qsSeries=19 and the design blog http://www.costik.com/paranoia/

Days of Wonder a great games company who make Ticket To Ride, Colosseum, and other games we mention. http://www.daysofwonder.com/en/

The Vintage Gamer, by Jim Van Verth, an excellent and informative podcast that's made me track down and buy a few things http://www.thevintagegamer.net/

Asmodee Games, who make Mall of Horror, Cash and Guns, and Jungle Speed http://www.asmodee-us.com/

Suicide Bomber Card Game http://www.playccg.com/

A thread with links about luke Crane and Jared Sorensen being hired by Hidden City Games, the makers of Bella Sara http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=4630

Bella Sara, the greatest pretty horses game ever http://www.hiddencitygames.com/

The Origins Awards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_Award http://www.originsgamefair.com/

Cheapass Games http://www.cheapass.com/

Mechwarrior http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mechwarrior/

Horrorclix http://www.wizkidsgames.com/horrorclix/

Multiman Publishing, http://www.multimanpublishing.com/about.php Lu Ann Youse isn't listed as a designer like I'd thought, sorry. Sounds like she gets stuck playing "adult" in that company a lot.

NerdNYC http://www.nerdnyc.com/

NerdSo-Cal http://nerdsocal.com/

NerdNC (not mentioned) http://www.nerdnc.com/

Emerald City Game Feast in Seattle WA http://ecgf.wikidot.com/

Go-Play NW http://goplaynw.wetpaint.com/

The Wayward, a coffee house in the Greenwood area of Seattle. http://www.waywardcoffee.com/

The Dreaming, my favorite comic and game store. http://thedreamingcomics.com/

Whew, that was a l;ong one, and I had to leave some things out. It seems Jules and I are name droppers. Heh.