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The Jank Cast Episode Seventeen
The Jank Cast Episode Seventeen: The Villain Cast
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Tom, Dylan, Lexx, Reek, Autumn
Mwahahahahahahahahahahaha. We talk about evil people.
Rants
Dylan: Twilight
Autumn: Respect for all authors who are published
JOHNKELLY: Selling out
Lexx: meh
Reek: Villian PCs
Tom: The great overlord of Chicago
Read more...Jank Cast Interview Two: Corey Konieczka
The Jank Cast managed to attend and record a seminar that Corey Konieczka did at the @spot Cafe on July 5th.
Take a listen to the designer of games such as Starcraft and the Battlestar Galactica board game talk about upcomming Fantasy Flight projects.
Read more...The Jank Cast Episode Sixteen
The Jank Cast Episode Sixteen: The Felony Cast
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, J.P., Woody
We sit down and try to talk about Gamer and Gaming traditions.
Rants
J.P.: Doors
Lexx: GOWK
Woody: Hate
JOHNKELLY: Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Read more...The Jank Cast Episode Fifteen
The Jank Cast Episode Fifteen: TV Taught me to Game
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Timo, J.P., Autumn, Scott
We talk about how media can affect games and what media has affected our games.
Rants
Autumn: Parents
JP: Hair, big hair
Timo: Life = Pain
JOHNKELLY: Batman Reborn *Spoilers*
Scott: GenCon
Read more...The Jank Cast Episode Fourteen
The Jank Cast Episode Fourteen: How Deep is it?
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Timo, Lexx, Dylan, Scott, Autumn
We get together to talk about how both players and DM "get into" their games.
Rants
Scott: Battlestar Galatica *Spoilers*
Dylan: JOHNKELLY
Lexx: Family
Timo: Midsummer’s
JOHNKELLY: Zombies + Space = Awesome (Shout out to Juan 3K)
Autumn: Happy Father’s Day (Shout out to Autumn’s dad)
Read more...Jank Cast Episode Thirteen
The Jank Cast Episode Thirteen: Size Matters
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Timo, Scott, Dylan, Lexx, Autumn
This week we sit down and talk about everything in the world that is important, Jim Butcher, our feud, what we play and if the size [of your gaming group] matters.
Rants
Scott: Time
Dylan: Suburbs
Lexx: Quick Shooters
Autumn: Chicago
JOHNKELLY: The best Joss Whedon fanboy rant ever!
Timo: Centaurs
Read more...The Jank Cast Review Episode Two: Arkham Horror
Review Two: Arkham Horror
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Reek, Lexx
Review of Arkham Horror from Fantasy Flight Games
We talk about the wonderful cooperative board game, Arkham Horror.
Read more...The Jank Cast: DAWG! Actual Play
DAWG! Actual Play
DM: Lexx
Players: Dylan, Mike, Ryan, Woody
Special Guest Appearance by: JOHNKELLY
The group sits down at V3-3 at midnight to play DAWG! the RPG!
Read more...Jank Cast Episode Twelve: Who let the DAWGS!s out
Jank Cast Episode Twelve: Who let the DAWGS!s out
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Timo, Autumn, Scott, Aaron
Interviews: Mike, Rick, Ryan, Ethan, J.P.
We get together after V3-3 and talk about the games that were played and the barking that ensued.
Rants
Scott: Comic Prices
Timo: Rubrics Cube
Aaron: The Death of Games
JOHNKELLY: Lexx
Lexx: Arr, war woof, raraw
Autumn: Girl Gamers who aren’t here
Read more...Chicagoland Games Receives an Award!
The Edgewater Chamber of Commerce held its 2009 Annual Meeting Thursday, May 28th and awarded Chicagoland Games the 2009 Community Minded Business of the Year Award. The Edgewater Chamber also presented seven others in the community for their outstanding accomplishments. Chicagoland Games would like to congratulate all of the winners.
Read more...Jank Cast Episode Eleven: You suck, I’ll edit in a name later
Episode Eleven: You suck, I’ll edit in a name later…fuck
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Timo, JP, Ben
We crawl into the dark abyss and talk about Ben's D.C. experience and Problem DMs
Rants
Timo: His little sissy girly fear of spiders
JP: A letter to Mr. Vincent D. Baker
Ben: Gamesterbation
JOHNKELLY: Timo. And his shirt.
Lexx: To all the PCs.
Read more...Jank Cast Episode Ten: The Intervention Cast
Episode Ten: The Intervention Cast
We sit down and talk about one thing that every gamer has at least heard about. Problem players.
Rants
Dylan: 100 Percept Pure Cotten Hawaian Shirts
JOHNKELLY: Hentai (This made Dylan really happy)
Timo: The most ironic rant ever
Autumn: Stupid Shirts (We finally say what JOHNKELLY’s shirt says!)
Lexx: Fireball Island
Read more...Jank Cast Episode Nine: The Meta Cast
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Timo, Lexx, Dylan
This episode we sit down and yell at each other about meta gaming, it purpose in games, and whether it's right or wrong.
Rants
Timo: Bad Rules
JOHNKELLY: How will I survive this summer?
Lexx: Indie Comics
Dylan: Space Rocks
Read more...The Jank Cast Episode Eight: Do It Yourself
The Jank Cast
Episode Eight: Do It Yourself
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Timo, Autumn, Dylan, Lexx, J.P.
Read more...Back in stock Agricola, Dominion & Stone Age!
Don't wait these games are temporarily back in print. We have a limited number in stock here at Chicagoland Games. Secure your copy today
Read more...Chicago multi-genre game meet up
Check out a fantastic Chicago based game meet up group.
http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-multi-genre-games/
Read more...Win a FX Lightsaber! SWM sealed booster event 03/07/09
This is your last chance to win a FX Lightsaber before the new Star Wars Miniatures set comes out. On Saturday March 7th Chicagoland Games will be hosting a sealed CloneWars Booster event the winner of which will receive a difficult to get FX Lightsaber.
Read more...V3-2 At Chicagoland Games on Saturday February 28th
Veni, Vidi, Venatus
Get Out and Play
What is V3?
V3 is a national gaming event that takes place at gaming stores around the country. Ambassadors work hand-in-hand with a local gaming store to get the local gaming community to come out for a day in order to play games they otherwise wouldn't. Whether it be role-playing, board, miniatures, or a card game, all types are welcomed at V3.
Read more...Game with Us
Jp and I have burned through an entire brewery's worth of creativity just to give you your sweet, sweet, gamefix to flood your receptors
Read more...January at the Dojo
The new year is off to a great start here at Chicagoland Games and we are ready to keep it moving. First we are hosting two sweet events on our weekly board game nights this month. On January 21st we will be holding a Formula D (De) Grand Prix( FYI we mean the board game) race and on January 28th will be have a Ninja vs Ninja tournament. Also if you do not know how to play we will be happy to teach you. These events are beginner friendly and a great way to learn some new games.
Read more...Chicagoland Games Holiday Card
Happy Holidays! We appreciate all of your support. Please enjoy our Holiday Card and Game, where you can try to hit as many ninjas with snowballs as you can. But be careful, they throw snowballs back!
View Holiday Card
Happy Holidays & December at the Dojo
The staff of Chicagoland Games would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season. The first few months at our new storefront have exceeded all of our expectations and we are thrilled to have such an active gaming community.
Read more...Chicagoland Games Featured in the Columbia Chronicle
Chicagoland Games would like to thank Thomas Pardee of the Columbia Chronicle for stopping by and writing an article about our new store featured in this week's Chronicle. We'd also like to extend a special thanks to Chris Richert, General Manager at the Chronicle for helping spread the word about our opening.
Read more...Random Passes (more advice for the lonely)
Highlights from the dating discussion on the forum
Read more...Dating advice for single Mandalorians (and dorks)
This originally appeared in one of the forums, but it will do greater good here. The advice is for heterosexual males because I am one and I was responding to one and I don't know anything about dating men and life is unfair.
The setting: Mandolore the Just has posted a animated picture of a typical comic book-looking woman in a Mandalorian suit. He laments profusely that its only a picture, and with frightening intensity wishes it was real. I mock him. I am lightly chastised for mocking him. I decide to help instead of hinder.
My advice follows
Read more...The Lexxicon: Campaign Play The Ultimate Aphrodisiac
I admit it--I am a hater. From my first day as a gamer way back in 19(cough)88, I always thought the idea of long continuous campaign play was grotesquely overrated. I know heresy. The one thing all "serious" tabletop RPG players agree on is that a successful long running campaign is the ultimate gaming experience. Blah. For twenty years I have argued, much to my player’s chagrin, that it is far more fulfilling to play a variety of different games and have short story arcs in all of them. This allows you to learn all sorts of different systems and tell a variety of different stories without being chained down by genre archetypes like horror and especially the great clichéd chimera fantasy.
Read more...Ask an Evil Gamer Girl
In which we lack a witty column title.Have a question for An Evil Gamer Girl? Send it to evg@evilpaws.org You've got questions, I've got answers. And mockery. (...mostly mockery)
Read more...Ask An Evil Gamer Girl 2: Eclectic Boogaloo
Cheating and Stank - Blog of an Evil Gamer Girl
...or, how to offend people and lose at everything! Have a question for An Evil Gamer Girl? Send it to evg@evilpaws.org You've got questions, I've got answers. And mockery. (...mostly mockery)
Read more...The Lexxicon: Fanboy Rant
Fanboy Fortitude? Not so much.
Fanboys bug the crap out of me....
Read more...Ask An Evil Gamer Girl
Cheating and Stank - Blog of an Evil Gamer Girl...or, how to offend people and lose at everything!Have a question for An Evil Gamer Girl? Send it to evg@evilpaws.org
You've got questions, I've got answers. And mockery.
(...mostly mockery)
Read more...Teenagers In Gaming
Role-playing games, collectible cards, miniatures and teenagers, which of these doesn’t fit with the others? The truth is all of them go together.
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