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Wild Wild West Con 2018 panel Totally Intentional: A Compliment Course

At Wild Wild West Con we join the delightful Madame Askew & the Grand Arbiter as they share strategies for wielding a well-timed compliment in the heart of a duel or during teatime. Smooth your way, make friends, & further the plots of world domination with the perfect compliment.
I like that they even provide tips on how to receive compliments!
For more on compliment dueling please see our other videos and recordings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9rhWTuv4M0&t=170s
 
Please take a moment to drop a compliment to Madame Askew and her temporal entourage on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MadameAskew/
See more fun and shenanagins from Wild Wild West Con at https://www.wildwestcon.com/
And https://www.facebook.com/WildWildWestCon/
 
 
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Thank you to the panelists, volunteers, and the wonderful Wild Wild West con staff and directors!
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Wild Wild West Con 2018 panel Business as Unusual

*NSFW*
I got to sit in on an awesome and candid panel on business from the point of views of Thomas Willeford, Tobias McCurry, Cedric Whittaker!
So you want to be a professional Steampunk? Even a professional maker or artist? It’s not impossible to live the dream but there’s a reason they call it a dream. We would love to help you out with tales of our experiences.*By the way some personal information of the panelists was deleted for privacy sake of these Awesome Panels!*ASI is Airship IsabellaQuotes:'Don’t do it''Make allies not enemies''Dont watch movies and drive!''Let’s get off the tangent dragon''Makes the jump from day job to...''This becomes an obsession when it’s your job''Don’t be afraid to downsize''Do not pay to play!'
https://www.facebook.com/BruteForceStudios
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Willeford
https://www.facebook.com/SkyCaptainTobias
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6184963/
https://www.facebook.com/CaptainCedricWhittaker
https://www.facebook.com/Airship.Isabella.Fan.Page

Magical History Panel at the 2018 Tucson Festival of books

Join Gail Carriger, Beth Cato and Mindy Tarquini, all wonderful authors of novels filled with wonderous magic and mystery as they discuss their points of view on alternative earth histories where magic, the paranormal or time travel are real.
“Why use magic at all?”
“How d you know there wasn’t vampires and werewolves running around Victorian England?”
“I want to write about airships!”
"And that is Steampunk ladies and gentlemen!"
"...love steampunk and make it their own!"
 
This panel was moderated by our friend David Lee Summers!
 
 
NYT Bestseller Gail Carriger writes comedies of manners mixed with paranormal romance (and the sexy San Andreas Shifter series as G.L. Carriger). Her books include the Parasol Protectorate, Custard Protocol, and Supernatural Society series for adults, and the Finishing School series for young adults. She is published in many languages and has over a dozen NYT bestsellers. She was once an archaeologist and is fond of shoes, octopuses, and tea. Join the Chirrup for sneak peeks & giveaways! http://gailcarriger.com/chirrup and her amazon page at https://www.amazon.com/Gail-Carriger/e/B002BML6TE/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1520798068&sr=8-2-ent
 
Beth Cato hails from Hanford, California, but currently writes and bakes cookies in a lair west of Phoenix, Arizona. She shares the household with a hockey-loving husband, a numbers-obsessed son, and a cat the size of a canned ham. She's the author of THE CLOCKWORK DAGGER (a 2015 Locus Award finalist for First Novel) and THE CLOCKWORK CROWN (an RT Reviewers' Choice Finalist) from Harper Voyager. Her novella WINGS OF SORROW AND BONE was a 2016 Nebula nominee. BREATH OF EARTH begins a new steampunk series set in an alternate history 1906 San Francisco. Follow her at BethCato.com and on Twitter at @BethCato and her amazon page at https://www.amazon.com/Beth-Cato/e/B006S84MNO/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1520798286&sr=8-2-ent
 
Raised by traditional people in a modern world, Mindy Tarquini is a second-generation Italian American who grew up believing dreams are prophecy, the devil steals lost objects, and an awkward glance can invite the evil eye. She’s served as assistant editor with the Lascaux Review, also Spinetingler Magazine, and is a member of the Perley Station Writers’ Colony. Her work has won recognition from the Philadelphia City Paper, the Maui Writer’s Conference, and the Oklahoma Writer’s Federation. A native Philadelphian, Mindy packed up her pizza stone and westward-ho’d. She now resides in Phoenix, where she divides her time between writing and wrestling with her pasta maker. Mindy loves writing heroines with special powers. Alas, she has none herself. Find out more at her Amazon writers page at https://www.amazon.com/Mindy-Tarquini/e/B01DHO8THG/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1520798670&sr=1-2-ent
 
David Lee Summers is an author, editor and astronomer living somewhere between the western and final frontiers in Southern New Mexico. He is the author of ten novels. His short stories and poems have appeared in numerous magazines including Cemetery Dance, Realms of Fantasy, Star*Line, and The Santa Clara Review. David is also the founding editor of Tales of the Talisman Magazine. When he's not writing, he operates telescopes at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
Check out David’s amazon authors page and the ton of great books he’s written!
https://www.amazon.com/David-Lee-Summers/e/B003LLIC3C/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1520798827&sr=1-2-ent
 
Thank you to the panelists, moderator, and the wonderful Tucson Festival of Books!
http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/
 
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The Tea Scouts can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheTeaScouts/
 
 
 

Happy International Women’s Day!

#PressforProgress
Our message for International Women's Day
Meet the lady Gamers Kellie and Jocelyne who want to talk about International Women's Day (IWD) and were celebrating it this year at Tucson Games and Gadgets. On March 8 and I think this is a new tradition for every year! Today on International Women's Day we commemorate the movement for women's rights.
While the first observance of a Women's Day was held on February 28, 1909 in New York, the 1910 International Woman’s Conference suggested March 8 to become an "International Woman's Day."
Please be grateful for all the ladies at the gaming tables and lets all be allies to each other while sharing and respecting each other at the table and outside the hobbies we love!
 
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Echoes from the deep, a Polaris one shot part one of two

Check out our Kickstarter for this year at:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1540288459/help-launch-season-five-of-dnd-journey-of-the-fift#drop us a comment of what you would like on it! 
“For centuries, wars and climatic catastrophes have ravaged the surface of the earth, making it uninhabitable by all but the mutated and monstrous. Humanity, searching for refuge, combs the world’s oceans and finds sanctuary…and more. Welcome to Polaris!”
– POLARIS, the RPG.
We actually cover the beautiful RPG Polaris and the Sat group get their first look at the base books, starter set and Player character folios. If your interested check our  article we wrote and my review at
http://creativeplayandpodcastnetwork.com/5220-2/
If your interested in our pre game chit chat and over view of the game check out our session zero and setting overview at:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/17220776
We sit back and read and discuss Polaris the RPG before we play a modified version of the quick start they released.
you can get the quick start rules and adventure HERE:
www.drivethrurpg.com/product/178184/POLARIS-RPG--Quickstart-Guide--Adventure?affiliate_id=49631
Part two of our adventure will be up next Monday on https://creativeplayandpodcastnetwork.podbean.com/
 
and you can read more and my review at
http://creativeplayandpodcastnetwork.com/5220-2/

Happy presidents day and updates episode

Just a quick episode today with some of our updates!
Please let usknow what you thing on our Facebook page.
Here'ss some of the things I mentioned:
 
Wild West Con:Our Favorite Steampunk Convention!https://www.facebook.com/WildWildWestCon/
https://www.wildwestcon.com/
here's wheere we keep all our WWWC panel episodes: https://creativeplayandpodcastnetwork.podbean.com/category/wild-wild-west-con/
 
Coriolis - The Third Horizon core book From Modiphius I'll be posting a review shortly!You can check out the free quick start at DrivethruRPG here:http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/204702/Coriolis-The-Third-Horizon--Quickstart?affiliate_id=49631
And the core book here:http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/204291/Coriolis--The-Third-Horizon-core-book?affiliate_id=49631
 
“I’m getting a signal.” Dalil’s voice crackled over the com. “We’re close.” The navigator gazed into the darkness ahead, his face ghostly pale in the cold glow from the tabula in his hands.Radwa nodded silently for her comrades to advance, approaching the strange ruins in the moonscape. The only sound they could hear was their own breathing through the air filters, and the soft crunch under their boots.The floodlights from the freighter Narzalus behind them cast long shadows of the trio.“Something is wrong, boss.” The sharp voice of Jhara broke the silence. Her vulcan rifle hummed as the tall woman from Sadaal activated her weapon. Without turning, Radwa raised her hand to still her friend.“Easy, Jha,” she whispered over the com.The explorers shone their suit-mounted flashlights over the ruins. Alien signs were carved into the smooth dark surfaces. In the light, they seemed to be glowing.Something slowly unraveled before them. A darkness rose from the surface of the dead moon, reaching towards the starry sky above them.“Mercy of the Icons!” Radwa gasped, and felt a chill spread throughout her body.Coriolis – The Third Horizon is a science fiction role-playing game from the makers of critically acclaimed Mutant: Year Zero (six-time nominee and winner of a Silver Ennie for Best Rules 2015).Features:•Create your unique player character – including skills, talents, gear and relationships – in mere minutes.•Fight fast and furious battles, praying to the Icons to overcome your enemies.•Build and crew your own spaceship, to explore the many star systems of the Third Horizon.•Experience thrilling spaceship duels, using a game system that puts all player characters at the heart of the action.•Take part in the intrigue between powerful factions on the majestic space station Coriolis.•Uncover the mysteries of the Third Horizon, a rich tapestry of cultures that have settled the stars.“The game's authors describe it as ‘Arabian Nights in space’ and it fulfills that brief marvelously. Style 5/5, Substance 5/5.”– RPG.NET Review
 
Genesys Core Rulebook From Fantasy Flight GamesFace down a dragon as a brave knight, hack into a corporate security system as an elite runner, set sail in your airship. Unlimited adventure awaits you in Genesys,  a new roleplaying system designed for a variety of settings and limited only by your imagination.The Genesys experience begins with the Genesys Core Rulebook, which features an explanation of the innovative narrative dice system and core mechanics of the game, an overview of five different settings in which to place campaigns, and advice for Game Masters to craft a myriad of adventures with unparalleled freedom.This is where I got my copy:http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/228813/Genesys-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=49631
 
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Interview with John Paul Ried and his newest addition to The Medford Family Chronicles

Find more about John Paul Ried and his great books and groups we talked about at the below links:https://www.amazon.com/John-Paul-Ried/e/B00Z4OW910palamarin adventures llc at http://www.palamaranadventures.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/PalamaranAdventuresLLC/?pnref=about.overviewImperial outpost games https://www.facebook.com/imperial.outpost.7/
Here's the teaser for the book that starterd itall!Reckless Ambitions (The Medford Family Chronicles Book 1)The beloved, highly respected, and automatically obeyed Palamaran Emperor John Cardillion III suddenly has died without naming a successor. He has four very powerful sons, An Arch Cleric, a Fighter, a Wizard and a Merchant Prince (aka thief), who are eager to slay each other and claim their father’s Ruby Throne. Earl Thomas Medford, the former Emperor’s best friend and Commander of the Imperial Guard, has to decide which royal brother to support for the throne and marry his deliciously gorgeous only daughter too. Earl Medford intends to either avert or win a bloody and vicious civil war.
Meanwhile Earl Medford’s daughter Christina has fallen hopelessly in love with one of the many Imperial Guard officers, Nick Armand. Christina and her best friend, Abigail Theosoar, do everything they can to hide this passionate romance. The not-so-simple Palace Gardener, Dr. Andrew Numil, who has his own agendas, discovers Christina’s secret and uses it to his advantage. Abigail Theosoar’s father, former gladiator and tavern owner Robert Theosoar, falls under a terrible curse with politics as the new Lord Mayor of the Palamaran Capitol.
Finally, Professor Oliver Wendell Enalan, a middle-aged Illusionist spellcaster from the Gamemasters University, finds new psionic abilities within himself as he falls in love with a beautiful Elven refugee Princess. The Gamemasters University, of which Professor Enalan is employed, is dedicated to searching the limitless multiverse for new and exciting games to play augmenting their magical powers. Will Enalan be able to defend the GMU mission and fulfill his destiny? Is the price of ultimate power bitter loveless loss? You shall judge in the end.
 

Interview with Jim Miller and the word on Crit Hit 2018!

Crit Hit! is Phoenix's Tabletop Gaming Convention!
featuring board/card games & tabletop RPG's. Returning for our 3rd year July 13-15 at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Phoenix. Now back for our 3rd year and we are going bigger and better than ever before! From Role Playing Games, Board /Card Games, to panels and night time entertainment, Crit Hit is a weekend of adventure and fun!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crithit/crit-hit-3-arizonas-tabletop-gaming-convention?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=crit%20hit
 
http://crithitaz.com/
 
 for 7th Sea RPG check out http://7thsea.com/
The Sword the crown and the unspeakable power RPG check them out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wheeltreepress/the-sword-the-crown-and-the-unspeakable-powerChuthulu Dark RPG they have it at DriveThruRPG http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/98137/Cthulhu-Dark?affiliate_id=49631
Lazers and feelings RPG go to http://onesevendesign.com/
 
"Gaming is a great way to interface with people!"
Full Metal RPG PODCAST over at https://soundcloud.com/full-metal-rpg
 
Also a few more honorable mentions! 
Wild in the Streets miniture game
Frog god games
Big publisher with a tiny game?
The inside track on GM perks and Swag! 8 hours equal a free pass plus more!
The oliver House
Crit Hitaz.com
@crithitaz

Tucson Comic Con 2017 Too perfect Heroes

What makes a protagonist great? What makes a good hero? I personally enjoy a hero with some real world issues and circumstance. Also I apologize in advance for the sick sniffling crowd around me I tried to clean it up as best I could.
Our Panelists: 
Catherine Wells https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/528175.Catherine_Wells
Ed Hoornaert (Mr. Valentine) https://www.amazon.com/Edward-Hoornaert/e/B001K8HWVQ
Natalie Wright http://amzn.to/2B5pEeH

Outpost Siberia Playtest and Review

We crack open the beautiful Tin of Outpost Siberia!*NSFW*Join Jaaz, Kellie, Joclyne and I as  we learn a little russian, we have some drinks and plenty of 'In soviet russia...' jokes! Join us as we play our international group of outpost adventurers. *Please be advised we were provided this game by IDW Games who sent me a copy of “Outpost: Siberia” for the purposes of this review,  but as always the opinions expressed are honest, open opinionaedand our own!*Please anyone fluent in Russian let us know is we are saying it right ;)
"Welcome to Outpost 1, an observatory in the isolated frozen tundra of Siberia! My and my team have been studying the area, but last night a massive storm set in, bringing with it a pack of nightmarishly strange creatures. Now, trapped by the weather and these beasts our only hope is the use our meager resources to defend ourselves and wait out the storm. Ration our vodka carefully and we may see the sun again!"-Outpost: Siberia
To say surviving Outpost Siberia is a challenge is the understatement of the year. You will die, over and over again in new ways. Sometimes it will be of thirst, other times you'll perish in the horns of a siberia moose or some mutant snow beast. But rest assured, you will meet your end in the cold Siberian snow and there is nothing you can do about it.
But is it fun or frustrating?
Publisher: IDW GamesGame Design: Jon Gilmour and Daryl AndrewsArt: Ron Joseph, Jay Fotos and Matthew Sweeny
Players: 2-6Duration: 30 minutesAge: 12+Time to learn: 15 minutesBoard Game Types: Cooperative Game, Hand Management Game, Survival Horror Game
"This is easier then Klingon!""Keep killing the Yeti!""what are the odds we get another threat""It's a bad horror movie"
Check out our Parteon page tomorrow for the Alt Rules I came up with!Patreon.com/cppn
It ranks a 3 on the D20 scale :(But the Tin it comes in and the art is great!
 
 
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