This Just In…From Gen Con!

On this second pre-show episode of This Just In From GenCon 2009, Ryan is joined by Ed Healy of War Pig Radio (and quite a few podcasts!) to talk about convention survival. They go into the 1-2-3 rule (minimum of 1 shower, 2 meals, 3 hours of sleep per day) and some tips that they’ve picked up from their years traveling the convention circuit and from what other folks have said online — notably Adam Jury from Catalyst Games.

They finish it off by talking about what Ed’s interested in seeing at the show — quite the list! We mention:

• The Pathfinder RPG from Paizo Publishing (Check out the video preview of the book!)
• Eclipse Phase and CthulhuTech from Catalyst Game Labs
• Geist: The Sin-Eaters from White Wolf
• Fantasy Flight Games
• Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG)
• Days of Wonder
• Hero Games & Champions Online

If you want to bring Ed some Girl Scout Cookies, he’ll be at the Saturday 5pm show. Bring Tagalogs!

As always, we’d like to thank Don Dehm from Pulp Gamer for setting up the GenCon Media Track, and our sponsors at DriveThruRPG.com.

GenCon kicks off in two weeks! Ryan will be back then with his army of co-hosts to cover the show live! See you then! You can catch the show by subscribing to the feed from Feedburner or iTunes or by listening to War Pig Radio.

Guest co-host: Ed Healy of War Pig Radio, Atomic Array, RPG Countdown, and Open Design Podcast.

Running time: 20:31 / File size: 14.8M

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Ryan kicks off this second year of This Just In with his co-host from last year, Paul Tevis. But this year, we’re changing it up! Since Paul will be working at the IPR booth this year, Ryan will be grabbing co-hosts from all across gaming podcasting for each show. A bevy of hosts indeed!

They talk a bit about this year’s show and about some plans they have, from Ryan’s yearly pilgrimage to the Fantasy Flight Games booth to the podcasting & media track set up by Don Dehm of Pulp Gamer (including the Podcaster Meet & Greet and Inside the Game Designer’s Studio). They’re also going to be at The ENnie Awards this year, as another show of theirs, The Voice of the Revolution, was nominated for Best Podcast!

We’d also like to thank our sponsors, Drive Thru RPG, for helping make This Just In happen for a second year.

Ryan will be back in a couple weeks alongside another guest host to bring you a second GenCon preview episode.

Guest co-host: Paul Tevis of Have Games, Will Travel & The Voice of the Revolution

Running time: 12:53 / File size: 8.9M

Sponsored by DriveThruRPG.com.

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