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In Episode 111 of the Animalcast, the guys get back to recording after a short hiatus. Kyle gives a brief explanation of his recent hospitalizations and then the guys engage in one of the most compelling topics ever tackled in the podcast: unscripted banter! Mike discusses his recent...

Sorry for the thread resurrection, but what happened? I was just googling Instant Game (my brother and I wrote it-- thanks for the linkage) and found this thread, FissionEssence. I never would have thought that someone would use IG for a 4E solo adventure, but this is pretty cool. Did you run...

Many of you already know about this, but at Animalball, we decided a few years ago to give all our games away for free download. So just a reminder, if you want to, feel free to download and enjoy any of these games: Instant Game, by Mike and Kyle Jones: Instant Game is the completely random...

The Animalcast is back in a big way in Episode 106. The guys get down to real hardcore gaming talk. REAL hardcore. This week's subject is, "How hard would you give it to (blank)?" The blank being filled in with a different D&D creature or race. Seriously, dude, how hard would you give it to...

In Episode 91 of the Animalcast, the guys try a different angle on listener participation. Last week they asked listeners to post up questions or show topics they wanted the guys to talk about. Mike and Kyle didn't look at the thread or read any of the posts until they started this episode...

In Episode 89, the guys introduce the second installment in their ongoing educational game series-- The Animalcast's Guide to Better Gaming. The topic this time: how to be a better player at your game table. From how to make the perfect "game-oriented" character to how to raise the level of...

Proving that their gaming cred is unmatched, in Episode 88 of the Animalcast, the guys talk about current gaming news. As longtime listeners would expect, the conversation devolves into criticisms over WotC's poor decisions and failed opportunities with D&D 4th Edition. They also talk about...

In this episode, the guys decide to shift gears from their normal wacky antics and examine the issues and obstacles related to women and the roleplaying game culture. The guys explore why tabletop roleplaying games are overwhelmingly dominated by males, and whether the limited participation of...

In this episode of the podcast, Mike and Kyle introduce answer the ever-burning question-- Hey, dude! Whatcha playin'? And they spend the hour discussing all the various and sundry roleplaying games that they've experimented with over the last several weeks. But as it turns out, they've both...

Episode 79 has been reuploaded and works. Enjoy!

That's right, faithful listeners, this episode is our second Animalball Roundtable! In the Animalball Roundtable, we invite our listeners to join us on the recording to answer all the important geek questions that matter. Which Brady Bunch family member was the monster? Supervillains aren't...

Yeah, we sucked at running it. And the rolls gave us kind of a corny setting. It wasn't a good example of what Instant Game offers. See, now that sounds cool. I swear to you that if you play it, it's much cooler. Yeah, it was kind of like we didn't use any of the game rules at all other...

In this episode, the guys finally wade into the shady territory of actual play. If you have listened before, you know that the guys regularly deride other podcasts for having "actual play" episodes where they simply record their gaming session. Long time listeners will now that Mike and Kyle...

Before concluding their RPG Pitch session, the guys point their listeners to a friend of theirs, Jeff Preston, who does excellent fantasy art (and did much of the art for some of Animalball's free games). He's currently offering character portraits for a bargain. Then the guys get into the...

That's the most awesome acronym ever. Thank you.

In Episode 77, the guys talk briefly about Mike's homebrew scout camp horror RPG (more details here) and Kyle talks about how much he loved playing Unexploded Cow (more details here). Then the guys really do the RPG Pitch show they've been promising for weeks. Without giving too much away...

Hmm. I don't know what to tell you. A bunch of people have been posting up their results on a thread on our forums and none of them have had any problems.

Yeah because... you know... all that money you spent. But did you try the quiz?

In Episode 76 of the Animalcast, the guys invite all their new listeners to try the Animalball Stat Yourself Quiz. While it has been copied many times, the guys' Stat Yourself Quiz is the original and a pretty good approximation of what someone's statistics would be in D&D. Please note, this...

You need to practice making your comments more comprehensible, dar. But since this is really just more sad look-at-me-daddy behavior, I'll oblige: *pays attention to dar*