Episodes
Episodes



Friday Mar 12, 2010
The Tome Ep 128: Martial Power 2
Friday Mar 12, 2010
Friday Mar 12, 2010
Martial Power 2 is designed to give more options for your fighter, rogue, ranger, or warlord. To see if the book is successful at that I brought in Dave Chalker from Critical Hits as well as Jared Glenn from the Power Source podcast.
Sponsor:
Noble Knight Pick of the Episode - D&D Miniatures
Amazon via The Tome
Links:
Vorpal Network Forums (that's right, we're back!!!)
Critical Hits
The Power Source



Sunday Feb 28, 2010
The Tome Ep 127: Underdark
Sunday Feb 28, 2010
Sunday Feb 28, 2010
Underdark is a book designed to make the dangerous underground setting easier to use as a setting for your adventures. In this episode I am joined by the Newbie DM Enrique, Chris from Icosohedraphelia, and Mark from the Dicemonkey's and RPG Circus.
Sponsor:
Pick of the episode - Dragonborn
Links:
NewbieDM Blog
Icosohedraphelia Podcast
RPG Circus Podcast
DiceMonkey Blog



Saturday Feb 13, 2010
The Tome Ep 126: Build a Spark and Play the Odd Man Out
Saturday Feb 13, 2010
Saturday Feb 13, 2010
Wolfgang Baur joins me in this episode where we build a monster called a Spark based on a Pathfinder RPG monster built by Adam Daigle for a monster contest at Kobold Quarterly. We then talk about how to make your character work in a group even though you like to always be the exception to the rule, the loner, the odd-ball.
Sponsor:
Picks of the Episode - Planes of Chaos and Kobold Quarterly
The Original Spark
Jeff's Version of the Spark
Wolfgang's Version of the Spark (provided with permission from Kobold Quarterly)
Links:
Kobold Quarterly
Wolfgang Baur on Twitter



Sunday Jan 31, 2010
The Tome Ep 125: Third Party EXTRAVAGANZA
Sunday Jan 31, 2010
Sunday Jan 31, 2010
This episode is a collection of mini-reviews of a slew of 3rd party products (products usable for D&D but not by Wizards of the Coast). Chris Heard from Icosohedraphelia gives us reviews of the Chessex Dice Boot, Sonic Legends Soundscapes, and Paizo GameMastery Flip-Pad Mats, Jeremiah McCoy from the Basics of the Game gives us a look at Tieflings from Goodman Games, Marcelo Dior from Voices of the Third Earth (a Portuegese language show) talks about iPlay4e, and Donny (from my gaming group) brings you a look at In Search of Adventure from Goodman Games. Oh, and I also did some reviewing. Goodman Games products I reviewed includes Scions of Punjar and The Forgotten Portal and I also looked at Q-Workshop Steampunk dice, Fat Dragon Games' Ultimate GM Screen II, DM Tracker, and Precis Intermedia's Disposable Heroes - Fantasy 6 paper miniatures.
You can get many of these from our Sponsor:
Chessex Dice Boot
Q-Workshop Dice
Tieflings
In Search of Adventure
GameMastery Flip-Mats
Forgotten Portal
Scions of Punjar
Links:
Jeff's Review of Swords of Eveningstar at Fist Full of Comics and Games
At-Will blog, which will have a regular feature from Jeff called Characters with Character
Icosohedraphelia (D&D actual play podcast and more)
Voices of the Third Earth (Portuguese language gaming podcast)
Basics of the Game (reviews of game systems)
Sonic Legends
Goodman Games
Chessex
Q-Workshop
iPlay4e
DM's Tracker



Friday Jan 22, 2010
The Tome Ep 124: Sly Flourish Advice
Friday Jan 22, 2010
Friday Jan 22, 2010
Mike Shea of Sly Flourish joins me for a discussion where we build an encounter at a portal to the Fey Wild based around Foulspawn and then we talk about finding the balance of using collaborative storytelling in your game as a DM and a player.
Sponsor:
Pick of the episode - Paizo's Flip-Mats
Amazon Through the Tome Show's Store
Links:
Sly Flourish
Sly Flourish DM Tips on Twitter
4e Blogs



Thursday Dec 31, 2009
The Tome Ep 123: Matt James Advice
Thursday Dec 31, 2009
Thursday Dec 31, 2009
I am joined in this episode by Matt James to talk about what he's doing in the D&D world, as well as building a Shadar-Kai Swordmage and giving advice on how to start a new campaign.
Sponsors:
Pick of the Episode - Plane Below
Character Build (PDFs):
Jeff's Build at Level 1
Jeff's Build at Level 11
Matt's Build at Level 15
Links:
Loremaster
Matt James on Twitter
James' Brothers on Facebook



Friday Dec 25, 2009
The Tome Ep 122: Draconomicon Metallic Dragons
Friday Dec 25, 2009
Friday Dec 25, 2009
Dave Chalker and Quinn Murphy join me to talk about Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons. We tend to like the book although think that one chapter (Dragon Lairs) was lacking in creativity.
Sponsors:
Pick of the Episode
1st Edition Draconomicon
Draconomicon (4e) Chromatic Dragons
Draconomicon (4e) Metallic Dragons
Links:
Critical Hits
Quinn Murphy
"Tide of Iron" by Drakkensteed
Drakkensteed on Twitter



Tuesday Dec 22, 2009
The Tome Ep 121: Revenge of the Giants
Tuesday Dec 22, 2009
Tuesday Dec 22, 2009
To look at the super-adventure Revenge of the Giants I called on Quinn Murphy and Ken Newquist. The short of it, great concepts, great fights, great skill challenges, struggles with pacing and story. Listen up for more.
Sponsor:
Picks of the Episode -
Against the Giants (older versions)
Revenge of the Giants (4e)
Links:
Nuketown
Nuketown Radio Active
At-Will Blog


