• 00:20 – Ryan heralds the virtual arrival of Paul & Ken in an exhausted manner.
• 01:50 – Ken begins the commentary on the effects the economy has had on GenCon
• 02:23 – Ryan talks briefly about the RPG bloggers & podcasters, turning the discussion to new media navel gazing.
• 04:55 – Paul saves us by relating it back to the economy and its effects on GenCon.
• 06:15 – Ken talks about the transition of booths in the dealer hall.
• 07:20 – And we go briefly back to gaming new media.
• 08:10 – And Godwin’s Law is demonstrated.
• 08:30 – Hero Sixth Edition sold well, without the book even being there. And many other people did very well, like Pelgrane & Adventure Retail.
• 09:40 – Talking about the split up of “indie alley”
• 10:47 – Moving onto Gen Con’s management & investing in the convention — the new registration system & iPhone app.
• 11:46 – Welcome to 2007, Paul.
• 12:13 – “It’s not that they’re in survival mode.” / “They’re in growth & improvement mode.”
• 12:49 – Paul talks about the difference between this and last years This Just In. This year was less product-oriented.
• 14:08 – And Paul makes us fix this remedy. Our list:
  • 14:22 – Action Castle
  • 15:22 – Homecoming: one soldier’s story
  • 16:35 – Sign In Stranger: Making Contact
  • 16:55 – Bloodstained Stars
  • 17:30 – Venus 2141
  • 19:30 -  S/Lay W/Me
  • 22:20 - GURPS Vorkosigan (Angry fan mail can be directed to Paul)
  • 23:35 – Geist: the Sin Eaters (for a look at the visuals, check out the quick start guide)
• 26: 13 – “If Ed Healy is liking something, the odds are it’s certainly worth paying attention to.”
  • 26:32 – Pathfinder (and talk about the production model and its amazing success)
  • 29:02 – Cubicle 7 Pathfinder supplements
• 29:24 – “4/e was selling membership in a brand. Paizo was selling membership in a religion.”
  • 29:45 – Starblazer Adventures
  • 31:13 – Warhammer Fantasy 3rd Edition (Preview at Gen Con, not yet out)
  • 31:40 – Fantasy Craft
  • 33:20 – Warriors & Warlocks
• 34:35 – Paul acknowledges special guest producer Ryan Macklin
  • 34:53 – Spycraft 2.0 Pocket Edition
• 36:08 – Volume, indeed
• 36:34 – Paul asks Ken about the Day After Ragnarok different form factors between the Savage Worlds edition & Hero Edition.
  • 37:44 – Weird War II for Savage Worlds
  • 40:20 – Chronica Feudalis
• 41:23 – Clearly, there needed to be more post-production. I was punchy at nigh 2am.
• 41:57 – “The Gen Con of Twitter”
• 43:43 – The ENnies live-tweeted the results as they happened. And somehow Ryan neglected to boast about the Evil Hat ENnies he accepted for.
• 44:10 – Hi, Rob.
• 46:34 – We declare it to be late.
• 46:45 – But not so late that Ken can’t remind us of our duty of pimpage:
  • Rough Magicks for Trail of Cthulhu
  • Day After Ragnarok, Hero 6th Edition Version (A note that it’s the first Hero 6th supplement, alongside The War of Worldcraft, both of which are third-party books.)
  • Cthulhu 101
  • The Antarctic Express
  • Grim War
• 50:15 – And Paul gets in on the pimpery train:
  • A Penny For My Thoughts
• 51:20 – And the trio closes out the show as they should, with some fine scotch.

I apologize for the poorer audio quality. This was recorded in a hotel room, we were tired, but for all you hardcore fans out there, here you go. And a big thank-you to Ken & Paul for, well, being Ken & Paul on tape.

And again, thank you to our friends at OgreCave for the show-note support at the con. Beers are on me.

Running time: 51:57 / File size: 35.7M

Guests: The women of Pirate Jenny

Future show notes courtesy of Allan & Mike Sugarbaker of OgreCave. Look there for show notes, once they’ve had a chance to listen — I’ll add them back here after GenCon is over.

Co-host: Derek Rex from Pulp Gamer

Guests: John Wick and Robin Laws

Future show notes courtesy of Allan & Mike Sugarbaker of OgreCave. Look there for show notes, once they’ve had a chance to listen — I’ll add them back here after GenCon is over.

Co-host: Ed Healy of War Pig Radio

Guests: Eddy Webb of White Wolf Publishing and Brennan Taylor of Indie Press Revolution

Future show notes courtesy of Allan & Mike Sugarbaker of OgreCave. Look there for show notes, once they’ve had a chance to listen — I’ll add them back here after GenCon is over.

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

Guests: Kenneth Hite & Jess Hartley

Future show notes courtesy of Allan & Mike Sugarbaker of OgreCave. Look there for show notes, once they’ve had a chance to listen — I’ll add them back here after GenCon is over.

Co-host: Sean Nittner from Narrative Control

Guests: Will Hindmarch & Jeff Tidball from GamePlaywright.net

Future show notes courtesy of Allan & Mike Sugarbaker of OgreCave. Look there for show notes, once they’ve had a chance to listen — I’ll add them back here after GenCon is over.

Co-host: Chris Hussey from Fear the Boot

Guests: Sean Patrick Fannon & Carrin Seabolt from DriveThruRPG

Future show notes courtesy of Allan & Mike Sugarbaker of OgreCave. Look there for show notes, once they’ve had a chance to listen — I’ll add them back here after GenCon is over.

Co-host: David Pinilla from The Podge Cast

Guests: Adam Jury from Catalyst Game Labs & Darren Watts from Hero Games

Future show notes courtesy of Allan & Mike Sugarbaker of OgreCave. Look there for show notes, once they’ve had a chance to listen — I’ll add them back here after GenCon is over.

Co-host: David Moore of The Game Master Show

Guests: Matt McElroy & Monica Valentinelli from Flames Rising

Future show notes courtesy of Allan & Mike Sugarbaker of OgreCave. Look there for show notes, once they’ve had a chance to listen — I’ll add them back here after GenCon is over.

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

Sponsored by DriveThruRPG.com.

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.