2007/12/20 Fiction/Writing and Tabletop RPG Podcasts

Every Thursday, I post links to various podcasts that deal with the topic of fiction, writing, and tabletop RPGs.

A couple of podcasts are taking their Christmas breaks. Outstanding podcasts last week for me was Fear the Boot's episode on RPG Maps with veteran cartographer Keith Curtis as a guest host.

Fiction/Writing

• The Agony Column recordings: Rusty Morrison, Pete Atkins reading "The King of Outer Space", Frank Delaney, Ann Vileisis, Jeremy Lassen on Christmas gift suggestions.
  
• Podictionary tackles the following words: inaugural, auger, ginger, siren, chopsticks.
  
• Tor and Forge Books has its second part of the conversation with John Scalzi, Scott Westerfeld, and Justine Larbalestier.
  
• The Sci Phi Show interviews Artificial Life Researcher Tom Barbalet.
  
• Jay Lake has a recording of his lecture at the 2007 North Coast Redwoods Writers Conference on determining Writer Success.
• I Should Be Writing talks about Pre-Writing Writing.
• Guardian Unlimited recommends Books of 2007.
• Concurring Opinions interviews George R. R. Martin (from George R. R. Martin).
• Strange Horizons has a podcast interview with Susan Marie Groppi (1, 2).
  

Tabletop RPG (Mostly)

• Pulp Gamer interviews Jamie Chambers of Margaret Weis Productions.
  
• Heroic Cthulhu actual game recording: Amityville (1, 2, 3), Gunshot (1, 2), Mental (1, 2, 3, 4), Reporter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), Abducted (1, 2, 3), Zombie Isle (1, 2, 3).
  
• Virtual Play has uploaded its Spirit of the Century highlights and the final episode of Burning the Feywood.
• The Wandering Geek Podcast has its December all-music show in WGPR #5.
• The Tome Show talks about the 4E Classes so far.
• House of the Harping Monkey has uploaded its actual play recording of Giants (Session 2 Part A).
• The Game Master Show talks with Jerry Grayson on the recently-concluded Godsend Agenda game he just ran (see last week's podcast).
• Role Playing Public Radio has an episode entitled The Bad Player.
• Fist Full of Comics and Games has the following episodes: Gaming Gifts for the Holidays.
• Fear the Boot has a bonus episode on Fear the Con, Fear the Boot's upcoming convention, as well as an episode on Designing Modules for RPG Play.
  
• Accidental Survivors has an episode on Writing an Adventure.
• Stabbing Contest is a new gaming podcast and in their third episode, they talk with Judd from the Sons of Kryos.
• The Sons of Kryos interviews Elizabeth (ENnies judge) and Kennon Bauman (Ceremony Coordinator) in their latest episode.
• Imaginary Worlds has a new episode entitled The Party.
• Fell Calls continues its holiday-themed titles with We Didn't Get You Anything.
• New at the Wandering Men is a podcast interview with Brannon Hollingsworth courtesy of Fist Full of Comics and Games (old episode).
• All Games Considered has more Western Games.
• Yog Radio has a sample recording of The Trail of Cthulhu RPG (no direct link yet as of press time).
• The Signal has a Persephone Pickers Special.
• Canon Puncture has their Christmas Special.
• Roll2d6 has returned with an episode on the old Gunslinger game.
• Private Sanctuary tackles character death and character conflict in their latest episode.
• The Digital Front interviews Phil Reed of Ronin Arts.