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After hinting at a short show last time and then delivering our longest podcast yet, we make no promises and deliver our shortest show yet!
In the news this week: Upper Deck loses football license, Catalyst parts ways with partners, Poof-Slinky buys Cadaco and idle speculation on Toys R Us and boardgames.com.

Next Show: April 29th. We are working on special mystery guests from a company who’s initials are CGL. Stay Tuned…
(Tech note: we change our RSS feed this week. If you get the show in iTunes, make sure you get the next episode within a couple days of April 29.)

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Ben and Rett get roleplayed by their friends Jeff and Dave of the Two Half Squads, then recap GAMA Trade Show and other bits in the news this week before discussing Role Playing Games and what they’d do with $50,000….and then play some faster music for jogging listener Amy.

Show Links:
The 2 Half Squads Podcast – http://www.the2halfsquads.com
2010 Origins Award Nominees – http://originsnews.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/list-of-origin-award-nominees
Protospiel South – http://www.protospielsouth.com
Dice Like Thunder podcast – http://dicelikethunder.com

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Big news regarding Catalyst Games financial future, Academy Games partners with Mayfair, as well as a great reader mail question and an interview with toy industry veteran Richard Gottlieb, who talks about games in the current “megacycle”.

Show Links:
USA Toy Experts – www.usatoyexperts.com
Out of the Toy Box – www.playthings.com/blog/390000439.html

Next Show, April 2nd: With Spring in the air and the GAMA Trade Show sprouting up in the desert next week, Ben and Rett will be talking about Role Playing Games. Is this the year that new designs finally emerge from the post-d20/OGL world or is still an AD&D world?

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After months of focusing on the mass market and the big picture, Ben and Rett get small with a look at the miniature game market. What should retailers carry? What should designers/manufacturers look at? All that plus the week’s news: Wow TCG Canceled, Toy Fair attendance, Read an RPG in Public, FFG Deathwatch, Mantic’s free shipping, and even reader mail!

Links:
Read and RPG in Public Week contest
Iron Wind Metals article

Mantic Games

Next Show: March 19th with special guest Richard Gottlieb.

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This is our first show hosted on PurplePawn.com – welcome to our new listeners! Ben’s back from Toy Fair with interviews with  R&R Games, Griddly Games, Looney Labs, and Talicor as well as Ben’s own observations on the show. In the news: Spielbox magazine to be available in English, first rumors on Warhammer Fantasy, LEGO board games, FFG’s Napoleonic series, new releases from Playroom Entertainment and Discovery Bay Games makes a splash.

Next show: March 5th. The Miniatures Show. We’ll talk about the business of miniatures games. Worth it to carry in your store? Dying breed? Metal vs. plastic?

Want to know more about Paper Money? Check out our old home at http://www.imagigrafx.com/podcast

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