Episode #9: In this week’s episode, we speak with Mike Taggart (or “Stereo Mike” as you may know him) about his varied gaming experiences. We tackle favourite old school nintendo classics, more recent tabletop RPG experiences, and Mike’s GMing experiences running a play-by-post GURPS game. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts |
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Episode #8: Do you know what Live-action roleplaying is? Well, in our eighth episode of Role Initiative, with speak with NERO NB Owner Andrew Inness about the LARP he runs and the chain of chapters it’s connected to. If you’re used to an RPG being a pre-programmed video game, a simple board game, or sheer
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Episode #7: In our seventh episode of Role Initiative, we again speak with Jebb Richard about some of our favourite board games. While we’re both fans of Risk 2210, we seem to agree that new Risk Legacy holds some great potential to long-term campaign play. As well, we discuss the potential for Runebound- for added
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Episode #6: I told Mr. Kayne Wong to get out of my studio while I was recording this sixth episode of Role Initiative, but he wouldn’t listen. So, we recorded another show… again about D&D and our take on some variant house rules. I have a great way to both diversify and balance a mana
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Episode #5: With the announcement of 5th Edition D&D at some vague point in the future, Kayne Wong and myself discuss various house rules we’ve used in some of our D&D games. With the aim of conceiving what this great next edition of D&D COULD be like, we gab about all pros and cons of
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Episode #4: In our fourth episode, we talk to Jebb. Just Jebb. He’s the only one of his kind, a type of alien from the jebbula nebula. We argue and mostly agree about comparing the strengths and weaknesses of 3rd versus 4th Edition D&D. Both him and I seem to feel 4th Ed has more
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Episode #3: In our third episode of “Role Initiative”, we talk with tiny lady gamer Lori Chick about some recent beta-testing of hers with a now famous MMO, “Star Wars: the Old Republic”. As a multiplayer game, we get into the role a character plays compared to other party members and team complements. We also
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Episode #2: In our second episode of “Role Initiative”, we speak with Matt Nightengale on the topic of Zombies. Meandering through a range of topics, we touch upon some famous zombie video games, how horror themes might play out effective in a tabletop RPG, and some “do”s and “don’t”s of effective survival horror tropes. Podcast: Play in
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Episode #1: In our premiere episode of “Role Initiative”, we speak with fellow gamer Joel Richard about some of his gaming interests. We focus on the Pathfinder RPG, a variant system for 3.5 Edition Dungeons & Dragons. Also, we tackle the console game “Portal 2”, which offers some great two-player co-operative experience. Finally, we touch upon
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Breezing through Fredericton again was acoustic artist Eyeswide, and ready to interview him was our very own Program Director, Mark Kilfoil. There was a Matt Nightingale kind of there, too, but he didn’t have much to say! Find out what Eyeswide has been up to! Tune in, hear some new tracks, some news, and how
It’s time once again for the Barry Awards! Here’s your chance to shout out “I LOVE THIS STUFF!” Voting opens February 16 and runs until February 23. See the Barry Awards page for more details on how to vote for your favourites! UPDATE: The awards have now been presented. See The Barry Awards page for
After the great debut of our two newest sportscasters last Saturday, CHSR-FM will return to the Aitken Centre again this weekend to bring hockey fans around the world live coverage! UNB will be playing against Acadia on Friday night and Dalhousie on Saturday. On Friday and Saturday, tune in to 97.9 FM in the Greater
Another term has begun, and that brings with it some changes to the schedule. The new jazz and blues show Beyond the Blues began last week. It runs every Tuesday morning from 10am until 11am. Join host Peter Hansen for an enlightening look at the blues industry, the inspiration and the musical form. Interested in research? Curious
We’ll be broadcasting the hockey game from Halifax tonight! Big thanks to Dave Kilfoil and Jonathan Pickett for the road game! Pretty soon, we’ll be back in the swing of things for regular UNB V-Reds coverage again! If you are interested in helping out, send an email to sports@chsrfm.ca .