The Play Greater Podcast
71 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsEach month, Christopher and Paul from Greater Than Games talk to each other about current events, take questions from listeners, and have an enjoyable time playing greater together!
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Play Greater Podcast: Episode #19
May 02, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBBig news! HUGE news, even! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:03:33 Well, well, well… fancy running into you down here, dear reader-of-the-Play-Greater-shownotes. Oh, that’s right; I’m talking to little ol’ you! Hi. =) Thanks for checking out this month’s episodes and this month’s shownotes. We missed you, and we’re chuffed to bits that you’re here. Hope you have a spiffy time while you’re with us! Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul embark on a journey ...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #18
April 11, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBWe’re kinda useful but dorky! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:38 Holy howdy dear Play-Greaterians and other denizens of Podcast Land, we here at the Play Greater Podcast are back with another episode! We sure missed you last week, and we cannot wait to get into this latest episode with you! (Cause, as you surely know, anytime any one of you listens to an episode of the podcast, we are actually there listening with you too… Them’s the rules!) Listen as one of your hosts Christoph...
Play Greater Podcast Episode #18 Postponed a Week
April 03, 2024 19:55Howdy dear Play-Greaterians and other denizens of Podcast Land! We have some unfortunate news… The recording for Episode #18 of the Play Greated Podcast ended up being so mind-bendingly sick that our illustrious producer Trevor came down with the flu this week! Blindsided by this sudden yet inevitable instance of Trevor’s own body being the traitor all along, his audio minion Matt was ill-prepared to fill his proverbial, editorial shoes. As a result, Episode #18 of the Play Greater Podca...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #17
March 07, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBAaaaaaaaaand we’re back! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:17:02 Hello, hello and welcome back delightful and (hopefully) delighted Play-Greaterians! We’ve got one punchy episode of the Play Greater Podcast ready just for you. Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul banter their hearts away and make up for an entire month’s worth of lost banter! Woot woot! Check below for links and/or info mentioned in episode: If you’re around for PAX East, remember no...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #16
February 01, 2024 04:00 - 8 minutes - 7.88 MBMerry… different episode! Show Notes: Run Time: 0:08:34 Howdy hey, denizens of podcast land! We here at the Play Greater Podcast are coming at you with a bit of a truncated episode this month. (I know… we are sad about it too. Hopefully, it’ll only be a one-off, so that we’re back with regular-length programming next month!) Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul wax on and wax off about a handful of topics, included but not limited to: health, ...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #15
January 04, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 79.5 MBMerriest of New Years! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:26:47 Welcome to a new year and to a new episode of the Play Greater Podcast! Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul pun their way through another episode, dabbing and air quoting into the microphone for added zest. Fun Fact: Canonically, Spirit Island spirits have no butts. Curious about Christopher’s Bender Brother Jabberwocky? Below is a key: P’Bender = Paul Bender, eldest canonical Bender a...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #14
December 07, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBWell, look where you’ve found yourselves… Show Notes: Run Time: 1:49:01 …in another episode of the Play Greater Podcast! Welcome to all of you Play-Greaterians and would-be Play-Greaterians; it is absolutely spiffing that you’re here! This episode is but the latest entry into the extended Greater Than Games cinematic podcast universe. Listen, as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul discuss left-hand-drive yaris preferences, tire-roundness percentage anec...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #13
November 02, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 88.6 MBSpoilers: This podcast was actually a dream the ENTIRE TIME! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:36:41 Howdy, howdy, and another howdy! Welcome one and all to this month's rendition of the Play Greater Podcasts. There’s one of your hosts Christopher, and there’s even two of your hosts Paul. Who could have guessed?! Who WOULD have guessed?! Who, in fact, might have guessed?! (Spoilers again: Probably you!) Listen as your hosts begin with some B+ banter (getting higher marks from these s...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #12
October 05, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 91.3 MB…and the Cascade in the Caucasus! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:39:39 Hey there, delightful and delighted denizens of Podcast Land! Welcome, welcome to the greatly anticipated (we assume) next installment of the Play Greater Podcast. In celebration of Essen Spiel 2023, this is the Germany episode! That's right, folks! For this episode, we've curated a list of all things German for our discussion today and made most certain to exclude anything not germane! Are you at Essen Spiel 2...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #11
August 28, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBAn Episode of Chronometric Chicanery Show Notes: Run Time: 1:41:37 Hello and welcome lovely listeners, one and all! Thanks for stopping by this podcast of goofs, giggles, and gargantuan glee! Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul spit facts with wild abandon, covering wide-ranging truths like: proper scoring system nomenclature, how-to correctly coup & crime, and the definitely-accurate-and-not-at-all-incorrect release date of this episode. For those lo...
Play Greater Podcast: Gen Con 2023 LIVE
August 17, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBYou came to say “hi!” Show Notes: Run Time: 1:38:59 Greetings, you denizens of Podcast Land! Welcome to this LIVE Gen Con 2023 recording of the Play Greater Podcast. Last episode we could taste Gen Con in the air, but this episode we can taste Gen Con in the flesh! Listen as some number of hosts talk about wide ranging topics like: inexplicably being in Indianapolis, the inherent mirth of milk tents, and real-life-exemplary-human-being Andy Arenson. Want to know the cop...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #10
August 03, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBMeanwhile, whilst climbing in the alps… Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:35 We recorded another podcast! Holy smokes, folks, and welcome back to the Play Greater Podcast! Can you taste the Gen Con in the air?! We sure can, and we cannot wait to sink our teeth into a slice of proverbial Gen Con pie. Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and at least two of your hosts Paul tear through introductory banter and news with wild abandon reaching a potpourri of podcastian postage and t...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #9
July 06, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBIt’s July! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:40 It’s genuinely July! An earnest welcome to this most sincere of monthly episodes! Listen as our hosts barrel through the Intro-Slash-Banter Segment and GTG-News-And-World-Report Segment in order to spend maximum time on crowd-pleasing micro-segments like: pantomime, describing pantomime, observing a schedule adjacent to a microphone, and of course the community crunch along! FYI, the Gen Con live recording of the Play Greater Pod...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #8
June 01, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 93.9 MBWelcome to the Mark-isode! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:42:40 Oh hi folks! Can you believe it’s already time for a brand new episode of the Play Greater Podcast? We certainly can’t… but we’re pumped that we’re wrong! So, buckle in for another bonanza of boisterous banter with one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul! Join our intrepid hosts on this podcast journey: Hear about hitherto unknown holidays, discover as exclusive deals become inclusive deals, and learn of the lo...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #7
May 04, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBAre you too shy to say “hi”? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:32:47 The Play Greater Podcast might be for you! Only here can you get your monthly dose of one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul. Mavericks in the field of pantomime podcasting, these hosts live to bring you only the finest of visual radio moments. This episode starts off with some of the usual banter and goofs. You might even hear a story or two. But! Most notably, this month we received more letters than ever ...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #6
April 06, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBHave we got some April Fools for you… Show Notes: Run Time: 1:14:36 That’s right folks! Your very own April Fools are back: Christopher and Paul, the hosts of this very podcast! They’re here with an entirely new sixth episode, bringing banter, tomfoolery, and complex feelings about the handling of Lord of the Rings lore in mass-media. Taking a break from tomfoolery, there’s also a sober segment about social injustice and about what we can all do to help those most affected. Specifi...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #5
March 02, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBMerry March! Did you miss us? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:16:17 Hey there, denizens of Podcast Land! Welcome back to the greatly anticipated next installment of the Play Greater Podcast. This time ‘round the horn, I bet you’re wondering if we’re changing things up. But, why on earth would we do that?! We’re coming at you with just as much Christopher and an equivalent amount of Paul, hosting and bantering away. Our audience killed it this month, sending in a metric cavalcade of l...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #4
February 02, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBA new episode just for you! Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:45:39 This here episode of the Play Greater Podcast comes to you piping hot off the editorial press! To counterbalance last month’s extended banter segment, this episode begins with a mere smattering of truncated banter… But! Have no fear! There is still banter a-plenty sprinkled throughout the episode for your listening pleasure. In the GTG News and World Report(s) section, we also annouce a...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #3
January 05, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBHappy New Year from GTG to you! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:27:59 This third episode of the Play Greater Podcast starts off with, frankly, too much banter. But here we are! It's not entirely unexpected. In the GTG News and World Reports segment, we mention that a GTG game was covered in an article in... US News and World Reports! Check it out! Christopher did a couple of livestreams last month with the Penny Arcade people. One about Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition (incl...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #2
December 01, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBWe're back! Back again! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:06:56 The Play Greater Podcast is back, this time with a similar amount of Paul Bender and Christopher Badell as the last time! But not the exact same amount — just fairly similar. Paul talks about his home! Christopher talks about a cave! They also talk about what Greater Than Games has been up to in the last month. AND! They spin a wheel? Indeed! The Wheel of Topics, in fact! Is that catching on yet? It's part of our logo now, so we're ...
Play Greater Podcast: Episode #1
November 03, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBA shining new era is tiptoeing nearer! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:01:32 Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast: the Play Greater Podcast, featuring your hosts, Christopher Badell (designer of Deck Building: The Deck Building Game) and Paul Bender (lead story developer for Galactic Strike Force)! They both also happen to be founders of Greater Than Games, and have helped bring many hit games to the market, including Sentinels of the Multiverse, Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Gam...
Christopher and Paul talk about Flat River Group
December 22, 2021 15:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBAs of December of 2021, Greater Than Games is now a part of Flat River Group! Christopher wrote about it here on the GTG website. Paul and Christopher did a livestream on the GTG YouTube channel, which was plagued by video quality issues, but the audio survived well, and is available here to you as a podcast episode!
The Definterview: Christopher and Adam talk Sentinels of the Multiverse Definitive Edition
March 25, 2021 16:58 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBChristopher Badell and Adam Rebottaro (creators at Greater Than Games) talk with Trevor Casterline (Letters Page Podcast producer) on the eve of the Kickstarter launch for the Definitive Edition of Sentinels of the Multiverse. They discuss the culmination of years working at their craft, storytelling, and designing a game about comic book heroes. Sign up for the Greater Than Games newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/greaterthangames/sign-up-for-more-information
Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition
February 02, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBChristopher and Adam talk about the Definitive Edition of Sentinels of the Multiverse on an episode from their weekly podcast, The Letters Page.
Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Issue #6 Rising Flame
February 05, 2020 15:38 - 2 hours - 121 MBPreorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Gam...
Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Issue #5 Threading The Needle
February 05, 2020 15:35 - 2 hours - 116 MBPreorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Gam...
Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Issue #4 Hindsight Is 2019
January 24, 2020 18:02 - 2 hours - 119 MBPreorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Gam...
Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Issue #3 A Stitch In Time
January 15, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBPreorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Gam...
Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Issue #2 Hanging By A Thread
January 08, 2020 19:53 - 1 hour - 104 MBPreorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Gam...
Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Issue #1 Midwest Weather
January 08, 2020 19:38 - 2 hours - 155 MBPreorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Gam...
Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - GM Prep
January 08, 2020 19:33 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBMajor Spoilers for the entirety of Season 3!!! Preorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operati...
Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Hero Creation
January 08, 2020 19:25 - 2 hours - 128 MBPreorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Gam...
Gen Con Panels 2019 - Frieght & Shipping Logistics
September 05, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBPaul Bender, Jodie Wagner, and Matt Kroll discuss the logistics of shipping tabletop games.
Gen Con Panels 2019 - Illustrating Tabletop Games
September 03, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBJennifer Closson, Adam Rebottaro, and Lucas Durham discuss what it is like to be an artist working in the tabletop industry.
Gen Con Panels 2018 - From Kickstarter to Distribution
August 29, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 79.5 MBGreater Than Games (and associates) discuss what it takes to bring a tabletop game to market after the conclusion of a Kickstarter campaign.
Gen Con Panels 2019 - Twenty Years of Cheapass
August 27, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBJames Ernest, founder of Cheapass Games, reflects on 20 years of designing and publishing tabletop games.
Gen Con Panels 2019 - State of Greater Than Games
August 22, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBGreater Than Games talks about the year in review and upcoming plans!
Gen Con Panels 2019 - Sentinel Comics RPG One-Shot
August 20, 2019 12:00 - 2 hours - 158 MBChristopher & Paul team up to moderate as Adam, Maggie, Jenn and Chris find themselves in the middle of a thrilling space adventure!
Interview with Chris Kirkman
December 14, 2018 21:01 - 10 minutes - 10.7 MBWe sat down with Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme) and discussed the following topics: PAX Unplugged State of Games Podcast Dice Hate Me Studio Fate of the Elder Gods: Agents of Arkham Legends of Sleepy Hallow Milkman Medium Enjoy this quick look at some upcoming Greater Than Games products. -Trevor Casterline (podcast producer at Greater Than Games)
PAX Unplugged: Interview with Handelabra's Jeremy Handel
December 05, 2018 21:55 - 14 minutes - 14.1 MBTrevor Casterline of Greater Than Games sat down with Jeremy of Handelabra Games to talk the release of OblivAeon, Bottom of the 9th, producing digital games, and the upcoming development of the digital version of Spirit Island! unplugged.paxsite.com handelabra.com greaterthangames.com
Interview with Prime War designers Lore Forge Games
November 13, 2018 22:10 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBGTG's Maggie Clayton sits down with Lore Forge Games to talk about the development of Prime War - the upcoming tactical miniatures game set within the world of Sentinel Comics.
Interview with Spirit Island designer R. Eric Reuss
October 22, 2018 16:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBBefore the Spirit Island: Jagged Earth Kickstarter went live, the game's designer, R. Eric Reuss, stopped by the Greater Than Games headquarters for an interview with Maggie Clayton, GTG's marketing manager.
Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE Season 2 - Issue #6
October 11, 2018 21:29 - 2 hours - 165 MBMatt, Jenn, Jodie, and Chris conclude their adventure in Season 2 finale of Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE! They are the Escalators! Matt is Hourly Rage Jenn is The Concept Artist Jodie is Bubbles Chris is Mishap Paul moderates the game! In Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, you and your friends play as comic-book heroes, either from the pages of Sentinel Comics or from your own imagination! Join forces against terrible villains and fight in dangerous environments, all in a table...
Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE Season 2 - Issue #5
October 11, 2018 21:21 - 1 hour - 95.9 MBMatt, Jenn, Jodie, and Chris continue their adventure in Season 2 of Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE! They are the Escalators! Matt is Hourly Rage Jenn is The Concept Artist Jodie is Bubbles Chris is Mishap Paul moderates the game! In Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, you and your friends play as comic-book heroes, either from the pages of Sentinel Comics or from your own imagination! Join forces against terrible villains and fight in dangerous environments, all in a tabletop rol...
Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE Season 2 - GM Prep #5-6
October 11, 2018 21:12 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBGame Moderator preparation session: Paul discusses the storyline of the adventure with Adam, crafting each issue with occasional input from the stream chat! Theme music from "Freedom Tower" by Jean-Marc Giffin courtesy of Handelabra Games.
Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE Season 2 - Issue #4
October 04, 2018 16:22 - 2 hours - 132 MBMatt, Jenn, Jodie, and Chris continue their adventure in Season 2 of Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE! They are the Escalators! Matt is Hourly Rage Jenn is The Concept Artist Jodie is Bubbles Chris is Mishap Paul moderates the game! In Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, you and your friends play as comic-book heroes, either from the pages of Sentinel Comics or from your own imagination! Join forces against terrible villains and fight in dangerous environments, all in a tabletop rol...
Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE Season 2 - GM Prep #3
September 27, 2018 16:40 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBGame Moderator preparation session: Paul discusses the storyline of the adventure with Adam, crafting each issue with some input from the stream chat! Theme music from "Freedom Tower" by Jean-Marc Giffin courtesy of Handelabra Games.
Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE Season 2 - Issue #3
September 27, 2018 16:32 - 2 hours - 136 MBMatt, Jenn, Jodie, and Chris continue their adventure in Season 2 of Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE! They are the Escalators! Matt is Hourly Rage Jenn is The Concept Artist Jodie is Bubbles Chris is Mishap Paul moderates the game! In Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, you and your friends play as comic-book heroes, either from the pages of Sentinel Comics or from your own imagination! Join forces against terrible villains and fight in dangerous environments, all in a tabletop rol...
Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE Season 2 - GM Prep #2
September 19, 2018 23:21 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBGame Moderator preparation session: Paul discusses the storyline of the adventure with Adam, crafting each issue with some input from the stream chat! Theme music from "Freedom Tower" by Jean-Marc Giffin courtesy of Handelabra Games.
Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE Season 2 - Issue #2
September 19, 2018 23:16 - 2 hours - 156 MBMatt, Jenn, Jodie, and Chris continue their adventure in Season 2 of Sentinel Comics RPG LIVE! Matt is Hourly Rage Jenn is The Concept Artist Jodie is Bubbles Chris is Mishap Paul moderates the game! In Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, you and your friends play as comic-book heroes, either from the pages of Sentinel Comics or from your own imagination! Join forces against terrible villains and fight in dangerous environments, all in a tabletop roleplaying game! Theme musi...