[1hr 6min] Season 2 kicks off with a "digital delve" into the topic of D&D Insider, PDFs, conventions, and some retail store community basics.  Our sound on this was a little wonky -- a combination of Skype and the tendency of Fred's laptop fan to randomly scream at "heavy whirr" levels in the background.

All timestamps very approximate.

1 min - Fred and Chris talk about WOTC's decision to take their PDFs off the market.

7 min - Fred talks about the Evil Hat PDF philosophy

13 min - Fred finally gets to the Evil Hat PDF Guarantee

18 min - Catalyst games is trying to get PDFs and retailers working together too

19 min - A bad economy is an opportunity. It's time to innovate.

20 min - Loop back around to D&D again: how has D&D Insider (DDI) affected the picture?

31 min - Wrap-up on the PDF/DDI topic. Send us your thoughts!

32 min - Chris is going to Origins, but Fred isn't. He has a good excuse.

34 min - IPR isn't going either

38 min - Let's give the Forge booth its props: it wasn't easy

40 min - What's the future of Origins?

41 min - Dreamation/Dexcon: East Coast awesome, but not really a big con

42 min - Actual predictions about Origins get made; then we sing its praises

49 min - Wrap-up on the predictioneering

51 min - Let's talk about mini-cons: Good Omens is coming to Endgame in July

53 min - Endgame's minicons in general

54 min - So let's talk about mini-con how-to's for retailers...

55 min - ... only not, because we need to talk about community-building first.

59 min - "A clean, well-lit place to play"

61 min - Going beyond the physical

62 min - The trap of distribution. It's not the one you're thinking of.

64 min - It's all about communication ... and it looks like mind control will be the topic of the next show.

65 min - Cliffhanger wrap-up!

Fred Hicks and Chris Hanrahan sit down to discuss the reinvention of That's How We Roll in the coming months. With season 2 of THWR on the horizon, it's time for a reroll.

[36min 37sec] Fred Hicks and Chris Hanrahan (of Endgame in Oakland, CA and the 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction podcast) sit down for a conversation just a week or two before GenCon, to talk about Evil Hat, what they play, and the nature of the publisher-retailer relationship, among other things.

Part 2 of this conversation veers off of Evil Hat specifics (mostly), taking a walk through all number of topics, including a shared love of the new edition of Dungeons & Dragons.

[46min 7sec] Fred Hicks and Chris Hanrahan (of Endgame in Oakland, CA and the 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction podcast) sit down for a conversation just a week or two before GenCon, to talk about Evil Hat, what they play, and the nature of the publisher-retailer relationship, among other things.

Part 1 of this conversation focuses mostly on Evil Hat things -- though in the House of Hanrahan, things do tend to get a bit random here and there...

[Approx 23 minutes] This podcast marks the start of another category of episodes for That's How We Roll, titled Out of Town, featuring conversations we have on the road with the cool folks we know who aren't necessarily a part of Evil Hat.

On this episode, we sit down at Origins 2008 with "Have Games, Will Travel" podcaster Paul Tevis to talk about the value of ending things.

 [32min 44sec] This finishes up the conversation with Lenny from our chat at the GAMA Trade Show 2008 in April.  In this episode, you'll hear more conversation about the Dresden Files RPG, as well as a discussion about differing perspectives on Vincent Baker's In a Wicked Age.

[45min 38sec] While in Las Vegas for GTS, Fred sits down with Lenny to talk about all sorts of things.  In this first part, they cover what it means to be a game designer, the mayor of Las Vegas, and some of the things Lenny's been working on with the Dresden Files RPG.

[1hr 8min] In this episode, Fred Hicks sits down with Chris Hanrahan from 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction to talk about their impressions of the GAMA Trade Show, IPR, "the industry", selling RPGs as a retailer, and a ton of other stuff. 

No show notes for the moment!  In the interests of putting out something super-current, Fred's skipping that part for now.  We're podcasting without a net, baby!

[1hr 11min 33sec] This past Saturday, we got all of the Dresden Files RPG team -- and then some -- together in Maryland for an Evil Hat convocation (first of its kind).  Once we were done discussing all company matters, we gathered in Fred's living room for a roundtable discussion about how the day went and whatever else happened to come up.  Along the way we talk about some of the development of the Dresden Files RPG, other upcoming games, independent publishing, MUSHing and Amber, how exactly Chad Underkoffler does what he does, and being honest about what it is you're best for in a collaborative organization -- among other things.

If you've ever wondered what's going on "under the Hat", here's your first peek.  Have a listen.

[1hr 4min 21sec] We finish out Faith, Faces & Fingerprints setting creation with the shaving of children, a map, a discussion of magic, and much more.  The setting of Donnerdam takes its full form, primed to start the game.  Character creation did follow this but did not make for good radio -- lots of silent scratching on character sheets and such.  So our next episode will carry a snippet of play from the first session.  Stay tuned!