The Penultimate Potpourri Episode
Episode 99 Streamed Live Tuesday August 2, 2022
With Patrick Demo of Pointy Hat Games http://www.pointyhat.games
Main Topic: Safety Tools Re-Dux
1. Brought up again by twitter?
2. What are they? https://www.loremaster.io/safety-tools-in-ttrpg/
a.) Session Zero
b.) C.A.T.S.
c.) X-card
d.) Lines & Veils
e.) More: https://thegiftofdice.itch.io/safety-tools-and-wellbeing-a-curated-list
3. The value of safety tools in F2F, Online, and Convention play.
4. When will it end?
Staying Positive
King Waspinator inspired https://youtu.be/SUuPyD7Xisk
1. With the rpg hobby in general
2. With your own personal games
3. With the nerd culture in general
4. Why don’t we focus on positive things?
5. Are they simply not interesting enough?
6. How do we keep it interesting?
7. Why are rants and complaints content always so much more interesting?
Gencon 2022: Pointy Hat and P. Demo
1.) What are the current requirements to attend and vend at the show?
2.) How excited are you to go?
3.) Do you expect to have a good outing: sales, time value and fun?
4.) What about the BiPoC room?
5.) Other concerns/comments.
Geekosphere
1. Catalyst Games fires Blaine Pardoe
https://amgreatness.com/2022/07/29/my-publisher-canceled-me-in-favor-of-an-activist-who-threatened-my-life/
https://townhall.com/columnists/blainepardoe/2022/08/01/pummeled-into-silence--conservative-censorship-hits-scifi-n2611063
https://bleedingfool.com/news/catalyst-games-lab-caves-to-cancel-culture-trolls-fires-long-time-battletech-writer/
https://youtu.be/-hhgCu_1KXY
Catalyst statement: https://bg.battletech.com/forums/general-discussion/statement-regarding-blaine-lee-pardoe/
2. Contest of Champions- and the winner is….
3. How goes Big Geek Emporium?
4. Episode #100: We go down memory lane and show where we are going
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