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Here is my first promo for the show.  Feel free to download and distribute it as you see fit!  :)

Direct download: GD_Promo_1.mp3
Category:Promos -- posted at: 11:33pm EDT

Episode X - God Complex A cleric and an anthropology professor duke it out over the value of having a pantheon of deities in a role-playing game.  Are they there to watch over your PCs or to drive them stark-raving mad?

Panelists:
Father Vernon Corey, High Priest of the Temple of St. Wilford
Solomon Eldridge, Professor of Anthropology at Miskatonic University

Direct download: Great_Debate_010.mp3
Category:The Great Debate! Episodes -- posted at: 9:04pm EDT

Episode IX - Undead on Arrival Is it a good idea to run a game with undead PCs or NPCs?  A vampire and a bounty hunter go head-to-head on the topic.

Panelists:
Dr. Joseph "Doc" Anthrax
Lord Connor Shadowbane

Direct download: Great_Debate_009.mp3
Category:The Great Debate! Episodes -- posted at: 6:15pm EDT

Episode VIII - Eutopia or Dystopia? Which vision of the future is more fun to play your sci-fi campaign in?  Two realities collide when a cyber-hacker and an ace starship pilot get together to talk about it.

Panelists:
Major Hal Cross of the Interstellar Fleet
Reflux (Live via the Neural Net)

Direct download: Great_Debate_008.mp3
Category:The Great Debate! Episodes -- posted at: 12:16pm EDT

Episode VII - The Lure of the Demon Dice Does playing without dice help a game or hinder it?  Our guests debate the merits of diceless role-playing games.

Panelists:
Solomon Eldridge, Professor of Anthropology at Miskatonic University
Special Agent Jack McCandless

Direct download: Great_Debate_007.mp3
Category:The Great Debate! Episodes -- posted at: 1:24am EDT

Episode VI - Stop Him Before He Role-Plays Again! To role-play or not to role-play?  Listen in as two immortal beings clash over the subject.

Panelists:
Lord Connor Shadowbane
Archwizard Avan Brightstar, Vizier to the Elven Court of Neverrest

Direct download: Great_Debate_006.mp3
Category:The Great Debate! Episodes -- posted at: 2:52pm EDT

Episode V - Bending the Rules Is it okay to fudge the rules sometimes?  We threw a pirate and a samurai into a room together to have a nice, calm conversation about it.

Panelists:
Darin Payne, Captain of the Ironblood
Masato Nakajima, Samurai to the Court of Orange Blossoms

Direct download: Great_Debate_005.mp3
Category:The Great Debate! Episodes -- posted at: 2:33pm EDT

Episode IV - This Will Be the Ultimate Build (Until the Next One...) Is it better to build a great conversationalist or a heavy hitter?  Our panelists go at it over the best method to build a player character.

Panelists:
Solomon Eldridge, Professor of Anthropology at Miskatonic University
Reflux (Live via the Neural Net)

Direct download: Great_Debate_004.mp3
Category:The Great Debate! Episodes -- posted at: 3:27am EDT

Epidode III - Sitting or Standing? The battle between live-action and table-top role-players comes to the Great Debate!  Listen as a vampire lord and a government agent go at it!

Panelists:
Special Agent Jack McCandless
Lord Connor Shadowbane

Direct download: Great_Debate_003.mp3
Category:The Great Debate! Episodes -- posted at: 1:56pm EDT

Episode II - Attack of the Doppelgangers A superhero squares off with a Wild West bounty hunter.  The topic: the use of shape-changing villains in RPGs.

Music for this episode includes excerpt from "Pennsylvania Rose" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).

Panelists:
Captain Radiant of the Integrity Force
Dr. Joseph "Doc" Anthrax

Direct download: Great_Debate_002.mp3
Category:The Great Debate! Episodes -- posted at: 1:44pm EDT

Episode I -- Fear! The first episode of The Great Debate!

It's the pirate vs the elf as we debate the merits of fear effects in games.  Be afraid.

Panelists:
Darin Payne, Captain of the Ironblood
Archwizard Avan Brightstar, Vizier to the Elven Court of Neverrest

Direct download: Great_Debate_001.mp3
Category:The Great Debate! Episodes -- posted at: 12:17am EDT

PHB2 Release Audio Short # 3 This is the third and final short I recorded for the Player's Handbook 2 release on D&D Game Day.  My intention was to set the situation for each of the sketches in three of the most "cliche" locations for an adventuring party to meet: at an adventurer's guild, at an inn, and in a dungeon cell.  All three of these shorts played on War Pig Radio on that day and I remember desperately trying to bulldoze my way through them to get them all done in the week leading up to it.  Harrowing, but lots of fun!
Direct download: PHB2_Spot_3.mp3
Category:Comedy Short -- posted at: 11:48pm EDT