It’s just a quick jaunt to a ruined fortress for a magic item side quest. How hard could it be?     

D6G Pip 171: D&D Live Play S9: Manticore Madness

Russ and Kit jump into the latest game from Larian Studios: Baldur's Gate 3.  Does it finally capture what it's really like to play Dungeons and Dragons in a video game form?   We talk about everything from character creation to multiplayer and discuss the differences between playing on the Playstation 5 vs PC.

D6G Pip 170: Baldur's Gate 3 Early Thoughts

In which we learn if one should ask for mummy’s permission before raiding a tomb. 

D6G Pip 169: D&D Live Play S8: I'm not your mummy

   In this Pip Craig takes us on a quick tour through the most innovative aspects of the newest game to catch his eye: Star Wars Shatterpoint, by Atomic Mass Games. Craig looks at the game mechanics that make Shatterpoint  special and digs a bit into how they interact for an experience that pulls him into that galaxy far, far away.         Links for the show notes:    Hello,  There! A Star Wars Shatterpoint Podcast:          Rogue Support: A Star Wars Shatterpoint Podcast:  

D6G Pip 168: Star Wars Shatterpoint Initial Thoughts

Session 7 of our Sands of Khassan campaign, with cover art featuring Azrael el-Azad.

D6G Pip 167:  D&D Live Play: Sands of Khassan Session 7

Raef & Russ share an update on how Warmachine Mk4 is coming along.  Then they share both their pre-game and post-game thoughts on their final Black Tide Campaign game which leverages some of the latest rules releases including Collossals!

D6G Pip 166: Warmachine Update w/ Conclusion of Black Tide 1

Cal can "bear"-ly contain himself and the unfortunate of the city need to be rescued!   Patreon exclusive bonus content:

D6G Pip 165: D&D Live - Sands of Khassan Session 6: Cal Bears Out

Raef "Hollywood" Granger takes a moment to discuss painting the rest of the Khador Starter Box from Privateer Press.  He discusses the Gallant Method aka Gray Chop as well as the paint pallet to get that awesome red on the Winter Korps uniform.  He also completes a quick audio unboxing of the Khador Expansion Box from Privateer Press and his thoughts on the Warmachine Black Tide Campaign.  Oh, and  asks a survey question on audio unboxings vs. youtube.   

D6G Pip 164: Khadorian Katch-Up

The party presses on to learn more about the Raven Queen's influence, strange medallions, and whether can you make friends with bears...or is that just asking for trouble?

D6G Pip 163: D&D Live - Sands of Khassan Session 5: Ravens, Medallions, & Bears

The party continues their raid on the warehouse to find that there are more than just were-creatures lurking about.

D6G Pip 162: D&D Live - Sands of Khassan Session 4 - Wererats & Water Elementals

Craig shares his thoughts and observations from BaltiCon 2023 and dives into part 2 of his author interviews.   For more details on the authors Craig chatted with:     K.S. Garner  The Solo Nerd Bird podcast    Rod Van Blake    Ben Pick       

D6G Pip 161: BaltiCon 2023 thoughts & Part 2: Author Interviews

In which we learn that were-creatures like to guard warehouses.     Link to Patron exclusive video version if you'd like see how it all looks in Roll20 as we play:

D6G Pip 160: D&D Live - Sands of Khassan Session 3 - Warehouses & Wererats

Craig talks to authors from around the Baltimore/DC area about their work, their processes, their challenges and more.         Links for the covered authors:    John L French - look for him on facebook    Jonathan Sol -     Michael Watts -     Patrick Thomas - , ,  

D6G Pip 159: Author Interviews at BaltiCon 2023

Raef "Hollywood" Granger does a Hollywood style review on Valve's Steam Deck. And talks about a few of the Steam games he has been playing on it."      Correction: Initially the wrong audio content was published on 5/28/23 for this episode (it was an old episode on a different topic.)  This was corrected on 5/29/23. Sorry about that and we hope you enjoy the content that matches the title!

D6G Pip 158: Hollywood's thoughts on the Steam Deck

In which we learn dragons' have mothers and you shouldn't make them angry.     Patron Bonus content: Link to video version -

D6G Pip 157: D&D Live - Sands of Khassan Session 2 - Dragon Lair Window

Craig interviews  friend of the show Tim Colonna about his Indy game Trilaterum and discovers what gaming entrepreneurship was like through COVID.  Join them as they engage  on a far-ranging and interesting chat!      Links to topics they discussed:                Red Nebula:  

D6G Pip 156: 15mm Indy SciFi, 3D Printing, and Covid, Oh My!

In which we learn why a dragon gets so many actions.

D6G Pip 155: D&D Live - Sands of Khassan Session 1 - White Dragon Lair

It's time for more Warmachine & Whiskey. This time Raef and Russ discuss what it's like list building in this transitional period between Warmachine Mark 3 and Warmachine Mark 4.    After that, they talk a bit about their progress in the Black Tide campaign and mission setup going into the next battle.  Don't miss the companion Lost Chapter for Patrons in which we discuss Warmachine Mark 4 model quality and painting techniques we've been trying.  Patron only companion content:   

D6G Pip 154: Warmachine Mark 4 list building with your collection & campaign mission setup

We're kicking off a new D&D live play campaign...Sands of Khassan. This time with a new Dungeon Master: Russ's brother John Wakelin and a whole new cast of characters. The campaign is already underway...but in Session 0 Russ interviews John on the backstory to catch listeners up...along with John's thinking behind his world-building.

D6G Pip 153: D&D Live - Sands of Khassan Session 0

Craig shares his epic journey of painting 3,000 (yes, three thousand!) American Civil War miniatures.  He focuses on why this project might be taking so long, some soul-searching on why we paint, and ultimately what the payoff is and how to get there. And even the consequences of what might happen when you're not getting there soon enough...  

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