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Enter The Game Table podtastic D&D prize draw!
Thanks to Wizards of the Coast and Good Games Australia, we're giving away the two latest D&D books plus some D&D Live 2019 tidbits as part of the
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Games
D&D's Mike Mearls & B. Dave Walters chat with The Game Table
Mike Mearls, Dungeons & Dragons Creative Director and lead developer on the 5th Edition rules, and B. Dave Walters, storyteller, writer, Dungeon Master,
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Inside the Intel/Acer deal with Meta High School Esports
This week we're taking a bit of a dive inside the new sponsorship deal between Intel and Acer and the Meta High School Esports program, owned and operated by
Apple
Jony Has Left The Building
Jony Ive has left the building. Wow. I’m one of the true believers in the Lennon-McCartney dynamic of Steve Jobs and Jony Ive. Steve Jobs was a true design champion, and knew how to give someone as gifted as Ive the space and the constraints to do his best
Games
Matthew Lillard, WizKids, and making cool enhancements to our tables
Matthew Lillard is best known for his acting career, but now he runs a D&D special edition workshop called Beadle & Grimm's. Along with one of the
Games
Kate Welch & Pat Rothfuss on making characters and the easy way to be a good DM
Another D&D Live 2019 conversation for you! Today it's Kate Welch, Game Designer at Dungeons & Dragons, and Patrick Rothfuss, bestselling author.
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Deborah Ann Woll and Xander Jeanneret from Relics & Rarities
Seamus chats to Deborah Ann Woll and Xander Jeanneret, two great performers from the Relics & Rarities liveplay D&D show. Deborah is the DM and
AI, 'doing' science, awkward hacks and Ikea meatballs
Testing a Monday push. Let me know if you think Friday is best fit, or whether a Monday missive might give you a different vibe at the start of the week? Thanks everyone for the feedback to date. Really helpful! Best of the Week The New Wilderness A fantastic discussion
Politics
Apple's War For Privacy
Exploring Apple's growing efforts to defend privacy, not just as a question of better securing our data, but in stopping it from being collected in the first
Games
A Blizzard news catch-up: solo edition!
It's just you and your old pal Seamus, recapping and catching up on all the latest Blizzard news from recent weeks. Enjoy!
Games
Jerry Holkins & Jeremy Crawford on Acquisitions Inc and the magic of D&D
Our new podcast emerges! Off the back of a visit to D&D Live: The Descent, we've got great conversations to share with some heavy hitters of the D&D
Ever heard of 'Fishwrap'?
Preamble be damned this week. Enjoy the links! OK, one quick thing… please let me know what you’re thinking of the newsletter so far. I appreciate all feedback, even if there’s stuff you don’t like. It all helps refine what I’m sharing. Fundamentally, if I think