You Just Had to Enter!

You may recall the recent contest we had, giving away a painted Deathwatch Space Marine. Maybe you don't recall it, which is why you didn't enter. Either way, the bottom line is that everyone who entered...won. It was that simple!

This blog, which really just accompanies the podcast itself, has 94 followers. If all 94 followers had entered we would be in serious trouble! As it turns out, four of you entered, we just happened to have four spare, unpainted Deathwatch Space Marines lying around, so all four came out winners.

I believe the mix turned out to be a Librarian with Force Sword and Power Fist, an Assault marine with Jump Pack, Chain-axe, and scoped Bolt pistol, a Devastator marine with a Plasma Cannon, and a Tactical marine (I think) kitted out appropriately, so who gets what exactly? I don't know, but the following winners will be contacted soon about where to ship these figs off to.

1. Eriochrome of the excellent Sons of Twilight blog
2. Tristan of the equally excellent GW Pertinent blog
3. Stewart, one of the hosts of Live by the Die, Die by the Die
4. Señor Vosovic, who I can't seem to link to any blog

So congratulations to all of you. We will try to post some WiP shots here on the blog so you can see how your marines are shaping up before they ship out. Until next time!

Feast or Famine

Here's a teaser pic to get you through our podcasting doldrums...we'll be back soon

Episode Guide

Season One
Episode 0: Rogue Trader Character Creation
Episode 1: Rogue Trader First Session
Episode 2: Dark Heresy Actual Play
Episode 3: More Dark Heresy
Episode 4: Dark heresy; Animus Hereticus session 3
Episode 5: One-Shot Session of 3:16
Episode 6: Dark Heresy; Animus Hereticus session 4
Episode 7: Dark Heresy; Animus Hereticus conclusion
Episode 8: Mouse Guard Character Creation
Episode 9: Interview with game designer Rucht Lilavivat
Episode 10: Martian Cinema
Episode 11: Mouse Guard Actual Play; session 1
Episode 12: Mouse Guard and much, much more
Episode 12a: The "Two-Minute Episode"
Episode 14: Around the Horn, and other round table discussion
Episode 15: Mouse Guard Actual Play; session 3
Episode 16: With Great Power...
Epsiode 17: With Great Power, Giant-Sized Issue
Episode 18: Gamestorm Convention Report
Episode 19: 'Round the Horn and Wonton's 40k Guest Spot
Episode 20: With Great Power; the Heroes Versus the Shrimper!

Season Two
Episode 21: Book 2, Episode 1; Bolterpalooza
Episode 22: Book 2, Episode 2 with 2 Hosts
Episode 23: Book 2, Episode 3; Bolterpalooza Follow-Up
Episode 24: Book 2, Episode 4; Obilvion's Edge
Episode 25: Book 2, Episode 5; Sarterra Gameplay
Episode 26: Book 2, Episode 6; Oblivion's Edge FATE
Episode 27: Book 2, Episode 7; Fall-In! Convention Wrap Up
Episode 28: Book 2, Episode 8; Holiday Around the Horn
Episode 29: Book 2, Episode 9; Fiasco in Antarctica
Episode 30: Book 2, Episode 10; Fiasco in the Wild West
Episode 31: Book 2, Episode 11; Deathwatch Character Creation
Episode 32: Book 2, Episode 12; Fiasco Heavy Metal
Episode 33: Book 2, Episode 13; Deathwatch v2.0, Game One
Episode 34: Book 2, Episode 14; Deathwatch v2.0, Game Two
Episode 35: Book 2, Episode 15; Fiasco Dragon Slayers
Episode 36: Book 2, Episode 16; Deathwatch v2.0, Game Three
Episode 37: Book 2, Episode 17; Deathwatch v2.0, Game Four

Season Three
Episode 38: Book 3, Episode 1; Microscope RPG
Episode 39: Book 3, Episode 2; Microscope Part Two
Episode 40: Book 3, Episode 3; Deathwatch Price of Hubris part Three
Episode 41: Book 3, Episode 4; Fiasco, the Zoo
Episode 42: Book 3, Episode 5; Tainted World Character Creation with FATE
Episode 43: Book 3, Episode 6; Deathwatch, a Stony Sleep part one
Episode 44: Book 3; Episode 7; Deathwatch, a Stony Sleep part two
Episode 45: Book 3; Episode 8; Tainted World Session #2
Episode 46: Book 3; Episode 9; Deathwatch, a Stony Sleep Finale
Episode 47; Book 3; Episode 10; Alpha Wolfpack Character Creation
Episode 48; Book 3; Episode 11; Alpha Wolfpack Playtest #1
Episode 49; Book 3; Episode 12; Alpha Wolfpack Playtesy #2
Episode 50; Book 3; Episode 13; Rogue Space Mass Effect
Episode 51; Book 3; Episode 14; Marvel Heroic RPG
Episode 52; Book 3; Episode 15; Marvel Heroic RPG Continued
Episode 53; Book 3; Episode 16; Extended Around the Horn
Episode 54; Book 3; Episode 17; Marvel Heroic RPG Breakout Concluded
Episode 55; Book 3; Episode 18; Mass Effect Rogue Space Continued
Episode 56; Book 3; Episode 19; Alpha Wolfpack Playtest #3
Episode 57; Book 3; Episode 20; Around the Horn!
Episode 58; Book 3; Episode 21; Around the Horn...Again!

Season Four
Episode 59:  Fiasco! The Superheroes of Pinnacle City
Episode 60:  Schemes and Plans for 2013 
Episode 61:  Mass Effect Rogue Space Conclusion
Episode 62:  Pathfinder Character Creation
Episode 63:  Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords, Session One
Episode 64:  Dark Heresy Reboot, Session One
Episode 65:  Pathfinder, Session Two
Episode 66:  Pathfinder, Session Three
Episode 67:  Pathfinder, Session Four
Episode 68:  Dark Heresy, Shades of Twilight Finale
Episode 69:  Listener Mail, Around the Horn, and Special Guest
Episode 70:  Pathfinder, Session Four

Swag Contest Prize Pack

Ralnai's Swag Contest Prize Pack!

• Personalized copy of Billy Madison on DvD
• x4 Skaven Warriors w/ shields, on sprue
• x5 Cadian Shock Troopers w/ bits, on sprue
• Catachan Missile Launcher team, unopened
• Primaris Psyker, unopened
• Minionized Portrait (not shown)

Buncombe Inc.

The Board of Regents at Buncombe Inc.

As mentioned in episode 14, but not acted upon until now, here is the official blog-pimping of caption-contest winner, Señor Mencken. ¡Hola!, and congrats again Señor! His blog is well-written and, unlike this one, its posts actually contain thought-provoking commentary and other treatises upon which all manner of topics are given their due.

As his prize pack, The Señor receives dos paperback books; books one and two of the gritty, military sci-fi series known as Death's Head by David Gunn. In-your-face, feces-on-the-floor action novels are probably going to be an affront to his literary tastes, but variety is the spice of life! Why these novels have been signed by Minions of the Monster Master I'll never know, but for what it's worth, those aforementioned signatories have graced the pages of these paperbacks with encouraging words and congratulatory phrases. At the very least, this ensures you want be able to simply sell them to a used bookstore!

Minions Banner Button

How about a little MotMM goodness to garnish the side of the platter that is your own blog? With the directions below, you'll be able to add a banner button such as above to wherever you see fit. Never mind the fact that it spreads the word, it just plain looks cool!

Here you go:

1. Right-click and save the above image
   
2. On your blog's Dashboard go to "Layout"
3. Click on "Add Gadget"
4. Choose "Picture"
5. Add the saved image from above
6. Add the following information as the link:
7. http://minionsofthemonstermaster.blogspot.com/

And voila, that's all it takes. The width of the image is 175pixels, but you can always edit this number in the HTML code if you like to make it larger or smaller. These are written for Blogger blogs of course, but they should be able to be modified to work with pretty much whatever blog service you fancy. As always, we thank you the readers for your support!

Miscellaneous for the Monster Master!

Stay tuned for brand new weekly features!

Lobster Johnson by Mignola

Media for the Monster Master:
Biscuit is going to start posting a weekly art feature. They might be doodles or rough sketches out of his notebooks, or completed pieces he's worked over in photoshop. Sometimes they'll directly relate to the games we're playing, or just be out of left field.


Clutch in concert

Music for the Monster Master:
Duck Sauce is going to post a weekly snippet covering some facet of music. To his own admission this will most likely be the stoner rock genre, but who knows, yodeling might make it in here as well. This could include album reviews, industry news, and the like.


Metropolis

Megabytes for the Monster Master:
Americano is always on the cutting edge of the latest tech gadgets, and he is an admitted Apple fan boy. He's always ready to give in his two cents on whatever subject is at the fore of current events too. So his weekly feature will focus on either a rant of some type, or a look at some tidbit of techno wonder. Or maybe both, I'm sure he'll surprise us.


Munchies for the Monster Master:
Rounding out our weekly features here at the Minions' blog will be T-Bone and his wonderful world of culinary arts. He may give us recipes, reviews, tips, and the like. Who knows, but whatever it ends up being, it will center around our great love of both food and drink. So warm up your whisks, pour a frosty brew, and gird your loins.

edit: feature name changes thanks to Duck Sauce!

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