Killian's Krawls are Killer

Episode 217: the Usaring episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight, we have a special guest! Stu Killian of Killian's Krawls is here to tell us about the joys of Dungeon Crawl Classics. (If you want a quick taste of DCC, check out the quick start guide on Goodman Games!) He just had his first three adventures published!

• DS-00 - Refugees of the Desolation, a zero-level funnel adventure (Print and digital here, print and digital here!)
• MX-01 - The Laboratory of Melifex the Med, an adventure for 2nd-level characters (Print here, print and digital here!)
• MX-02 - The Treasure of Melifex the Mad, an adventure for 3d-level characters (Print here, print and digital here!)

Plus, Stu shouts out to Artist Courtney Boling III Follow @gamingartdude, the Order of the Dragon, and Campaign Cartographer software... If you'd like to get in touch with him, email him at sckillianfsh at gmail dot com ... put it together!

And, we talk news!

In Pokemon GO, Shiny Corsola is coming worldwide and a special Pikachu wearing an Okinawan kariyushi shirt will be appearing in Pokémon GO starting July 22! Tepig Community Day will be Saturday, July 3, 2021. Bonuses will be changing. New raid Achievements, plus Regigigas is here until July 1! And... Pokémon GO Fest 2021: Raid Day will feature every Legendary Pokémon discovered in Pokémon GO so far!

Do you love Nurse Joy?

Relaxing River Pokemon figures! And relaxing plushes. And more Bear Walker skateboards!

Hatch Grass and Poison types in Pokemon Masters EX until July 4th.

New My Nintendo Rewards! Including a Disgaea 6 contest and a Mario Golf tag.

Overwatch has crossplay now! And get Ashe-themed rewards from Ashe’s Deadlock Challenge.

Game Underground in Waltham's weekly events are back on! And Miz Sylver has deja vu about Gorilla Games in Raymond, NH, and visited Midgard Hobbies and Games in Derry, NH!

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Teddiursa E3 Madness

Episode 216: the Teddiursa episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! There's E3 news this week...

Pokemon GO is going along! Pokemon GO FEST is happening July 17 and 18, and the shirts are here! Professor Willow is finally getting his turn the the Pokemon TCG! Regigigas is still in 5 star raids, but today is it! The Bidoof event is coming June 25 to July 1.

Speaking of the TCG, you can get a Sandaconda promo card in honor of the latest Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion, Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign. And Miz Sylver opens a Battle Styles Card Pack!

The new Pokemon Unite Trailer is here! It's coming July 2021 on Nintendo Switch systems and in September 2021 on mobile devices...



And now, the massive Nintendo Direct from E3!



So many titles have been announced, along with their release dates! We talk about a few of these...

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate x Tekken! More details about the new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Kazuya Mishima character will be revealed in a "Mr. Sakurai Presents" stream on June 28, 2021.
• Life is Strange True Colors - September 10
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy by Square Enix - October 26
• Worms Rumble - June 23
• Astria Ascending - September 30
• Two Point Campus - 2022
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (20th anniversary of the series!) - October 5
• Mario Party Superstars - classic boards (N64) and minigames with online capability for all of it! - October 29
• Metroid Dread, and corresponding amiibo of Samus and E.M.M.I. - October 8
• Just Dance 2022 - November 4
• Cruis’n Blast - “Fall”
• DragonBall Z Kakarot - September 24
• Mario Golf: Super Rush - June 25
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin - July 9 - Free demo June 25
• WarioWare Get It Together - September 10
• Shin Megami Tensei V - November 12
• Danganronpa: Decadence - “later”
• Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water - “later”
• Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods Part 1 - DLC for Doom Eternal - now!
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 - June 25
• Strange Brigade - now
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope - 2022
• Advance Wars 1+2 - December 3
• Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity Expansion Pass - Wave 1 Now, Wave 2 November
• Zelda Game & Watch - November 12
• Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword HD - July 16
• Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 - 2022

Phew! That was a lot of titles!

Are you a fan of The SwitchCast and/or RingFit??? The SwitchCast crew is having a RingFit Challenge starting tomorrow, June 21! Sign up on their Discord!

Smite has cool Juneteenth and Father's Day Avatars!

Play to Win!

From today until Friday, your (1st) First win of the day will reward you the Juneteenth Avatar.

Your (2nd) first win of the day will reward you the Father's Day Avatar.

Hit the Battleground, and earn your two First Wins of the Day! pic.twitter.com/fd9GS2hfNI

— SMITE (@SMITEGame) June 18, 2021

And, in honor of Father's Day... check out our Twitter Poll!

Who's your video game daddy? #FathersDay #FathersDay2021 #Nintendo

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) June 20, 2021

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June Sneasels

Episode 215: the Sneasel episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast!

In Pokemon GO, June is packed! You have until June 17 to save Shadow Zapdos from Giovanni, Clamperl is the June Research Breakthrough Pokemon, legendary raids feature Regirock, Regice, and Registeel, Mega Raids star Mega Slowbro and Mega Gyarados, Tuesday Spotlight Hours and Wednesday Raid Hours continue, and there will be several special events, including the Solstice Event and an unexpected event that trainers "will be able to sink their two front teeth into"! There will be a special event "A Seven-Colored Shadow" to free Shadow Ho-oh June 17th - Sept 1. And, GO Battle League Season 8 is on until August 30.

Saturday July 3rd and Sunday August 15th will be the next Community Days. Niantic will have special meet and greets, details coming soon! And, don't forget that Pokemon GO FEST will be coming EVERYWHERE July 17-18.

The Fair and Square Competition in Pokemon Sword and Shield starts June 16th!

We have dates now for Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl (November 19) and Pokémon Legends Arceus (January 28)

Pokemon Masters EX has a new event with Trainers from different regions! The Daily Region Rotation runs from June 9 to June 29.

Katy Perry's new Pokemon single!



Pokemon TV features Unova Episodes.

Shopping! Pokemon pool floats! KK Slider at Build-A-Bear! And awesome retro Pac-Man Timex.

The Sailor Moon Eternal Movie is here on Netflix.

Overwatch crossplay had been announced!

SMITE has a lot going on. If you have Twitch Prime, get Grim Weaver Arachne. This season's battle pass is Monster Cat! The next one will be Stranger Things!





It's E3 this weekend!

Pizza Hut has a great summer reading program, Book-It!

Balance Patch is restarting Tourneys!

Bay State Beatdown Open-Registration Announcements!! 🌊

•Fully Vaccinated Only
•Reg Link dropping at 6PM ET TOMORROW (6/13)
•64-Entrant Cap
•Wait-list will be posted same time, swap in for DQs. Capped at 32
•Everyone on wait list auto-entered into next week’s bracket

— Panda | BobbyWasabi (@BobbyWasabi) June 13, 2021

Smash weeklies return to Platinum City Gaming on July 2nd!

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May Flabebes

Episode 214: The Heracross episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight, we talk news!

In Pokemon GO, May is full again! Xerneas makes its Pokémon GO debut alongside Dragon- and Fairy-type Pokémon originally discovered in the Kalos region in the Luminous Legends X event. May Limited Research featuring Marill is May 9th. Then, May 15 is SWABLU commumity day. And, Mark your calendars! Pokémon GO Fest 2021 returns this July 17 and 18!

Pokemon Masters EX is featuring Ghetsis & Kyurem and Raihan & Duraludon!

Pokémon TV now has Diamond and Pearl episodes!

Miz Sylver tells us about Pokémon Snap! There's a special My Nintendo Mission for it, too. Check out KirbyGCN17's Nintendo New York release day vid!



The Pokémon Center has summer gear, including beach cover-ups and hats! Plus, new Mega Rayquaza plush!

Build-a-bear Scorbunny!

Original Stich has new designs of Pokemon fabric and clothes.

Check out Paul George's Nike PS5 collab!

Nintendo Game Builder Garage is coming on June 11!



Free update for Super Mario Party! Online play comes to the board game mode...

Mario Golf Super Rush preorder bonus of cute pins!

🏌️‍♂️Hit the greens in style with this GameStop Exclusive Mario Golf: Super Rush gift with purchase pin set! Get your pre-order in now because just like that round of speed golf, these are gonna go fast! https://t.co/kfmWiQapkv pic.twitter.com/DKRt8zXz6U

— GameStop (@GameStop) May 6, 2021

Check out the Nintendo Japan 7-11 foods!



Smite has a new Twitch Prime free skin, Archangel chernobog.

Overwatch now has an awesome MM-Mei Skin!

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April Shelders

Episode 213: the aw shucks Shuckle episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight we talk news!

It's Pokemon GOOOOO time! Today, April 24, 2021, is Friendship Day! From 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. local time! Sustainability Week continues until Sunday, April 25, 2021. And there is a special event soon to celebrate Pokemon Snap, from April 29 to May 2. A camera avatar item, a camera-themed Gift sticker, and snapshot based challenges will all feature in the event! Plus, have you noticed that Team GO Rocket has been out of commission? They are coming back, and there will be make-up Shadow Zapdos availability in June!

We are all waiting for the April 30 release of New Pokémon Snap for Nintendo Switch! There are lots of preorder options out there!

• Target has a magnetic photo frame.
• GameStop has a double sided poster.
• Walmart has a baseball cap!

Also, Fujifilm is releasing a Nintendo Switch Smartphone Printer, with a special Pikachu edition coming out in May! Wouldn’t this be perfect for Pokemon Snap???

In Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield, they're celebrating National Penguin Day through tomorrow! Plus, get a code for a Weakness Policy, good through April 26th.

Serebii Update: The Pokémon Company International has released the code for a Weakness Policy: WPF1NALSPC3.

Redeemable until April 26th. Full details @ https://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/yt3RzoWGVn

— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) April 23, 2021

Battle Tornadus and Scout N & Zekrom in Pokémon Masters EX until May 5. Plus, get Water and Electric type eggs!

Take a quiz on your knowledge of the Alola region!

Shopping! The Levi's Pokemon collaboration is here. The Pokemon Center has new poseable plushes, like Lucario and (SOLD OUT!) Cofragrigus. Plus check out the cool new jewelry charms! There's a Litten! Also, Miz Sylver got a Build-a-Bear Eevee!

Miz Sylver gives us the rundown on the Nindies Showcase!



Lego Luigi is here to join Lego Mario! Also, is Boom Boom Bowser's kid?



Shovel Knight is collaborating with Arby's, and they made special "cheat codes" just for this!

Smite's newest God is Gilgamesh!

Boston Uprising's big online event is happening TODAY April 24, at 4:30 PM.

Watch the Monster Hunter Digital Event live on April 27.

Cheap Playstation+ Renewal?!?!?

There have been so many good games in the Playstation Play at Home program! Add Horizon Zero Dawn to your Playstation account by May 14th!

Get Quiplash for free until Monday, April 26!

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Ginny Loveday Loves RPGs

Episode 212: the teriffic two hundred and twelfth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight we have a special guest! The delightful Ginny Loveday joins us to share her love of D&D and all things nerdy! She does so many awesome things!

• Ginny writes a lot of D&D adventures! Her latest is Theriad's Lost Verses, and she does a lot of work with Greg Marks aka Skerrit the Green AKA Green Mario and Follow @TheHealerDM!
  
• Ginny also hosts several shows! She hosts the Round Table podcast, part of the Tome Show network! The best part? Her cohost is the inimitable Paige Leitman, past guest extraordinaire!
• She also hosts the Designer's Den, a Twitch show on Sundays at 4pm Central!
• Check out her Cosplay and Photography!
• She also makes Maps!
• And of course, check out all the Twitters!
• Follow @ginnyloveday
• Follow @BaldmanGames
• Follow @dndroundtable
• Plus, she does social media consulting, including for Baldman Games, and Burkes Bakery!
  
  

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After our awesome conversation, Miz Sylver and the Wolf Doctor talk news!

In Pokemon Go, tomorrow, Sunday March 28, is the Festival of Colors for trainers in India, but trainers worldwide can get cool avatar T-Shirts! Weather Week is wrapping up Monday, March 29. It's also Rayquaza raid weekend!

April brings numerous events in Pokemon GO... Including April Community Day featuring Snivy on the 11th!

In Pokemon Sword & Shield, floral Pokémon are blooming in Max Raid Battles until Sunday the 28th!

The new Battle Styles expansion for the Pokemon TCG is here, and Miz Sylver opens a pack! The Pokémon TCG promotion running at GameStop features a holographic Flapple card. When $15 USD or more is spent on Pokémon TCG products, GameStop will offer this card for free while supplies last.

Playing Pokemon Masters EX? Cleffa, Igglybuff, and Porygon are debuting in the current Egg Event!

Check out Brock on the Pokemon TV app!

New Niantic and Nintendo crossovers are coming including Niantic x Pikmin!

Play Mario 35 before it goes away! There's a special world challenge to win Platinum Points!

It's Smite's Birthday! Log in and PLAY a game every day until April 6th for prizes!

Free Comic Book Day is going to August 14th!

Bit Bar Salem is having a fundraiser to help with their move to a new spot in Salem (278 Derby Street)!

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The Ides of March

Episode 211: the easy-going two hundred and eleventh episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Today, we talk news!

In Pokémon GO, today (March 14) is an Incense Day event featuring Beldum and other Psychic- and Steel-type Pokémon. A collaboration has been finalized between Pokémon GO and the Pokémon Trading Card Game! See Professor Willow on a card this summer! Pokemon Go honors the 10th memorial of the Great East Japan Earthquake with the Rediscovering Memories and Local Business in Tohoku program. A new program is coming where you can Invite your friends to enjoy Pokémon GO and earn rewards together! And... the big news of this week is the upcoming Charge Up! event, starting March 16! Tynamo, Mega Manectric, and Therian Forme Thundurus come roaring in for their Pokemon Go debut!

In Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield, claim your Armorite & Dynamite ore by Sunday night for celebrating 876,000 Pikachu defeated in MAX Raid battles. And don't forget to visit GameStop and Rock Out with Shiny Toxtricity in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield by March 18.

See Ash befriend green Pokemon on the Pokemon TV app!

As usual, the Pokemon Center has cool new stuff. There are Happy Spring plush, and a new Pokemon 25 Celebration collection.

Pokémon cards in cereal!

Compete in 2021 Play! Pokémon Professor Cup Tournaments, many are coming up this year!

My Nintendo Rewards has a bunch of really cool Pokémon Sword & Shield rewards, including a Sticker Set, a Memo Pad, and a Pen Set!

Build-a-Bear has Dragonite! Animal Crossing is coming soon, sign up to be alerted!

Check out the Animal Crossing Clothing by Gelato Pique!

レインボーロードを再現してみた#マリオカート8dx #マリオ家具 #どうぶつの森 #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/L55JG3qch5

— Beluz/ベルヅ (@Beluz_kintere) March 1, 2021

Uniqlo is getting a new line of Monster Hunter Rise t-shirts! Here's a quick preview. 👕👀

More details coming soon! pic.twitter.com/TkTohIf8n6

— Monster Hunter (@monsterhunter) March 10, 2021

Smite players, you can still get the International Women’s Day Avatar! Plus Prime Gaming has new rewards including a Free Fabled Artio Skin.

Overwatch is having a Pachi-March-i Fan challenge!

We are open and excited to start seeing everyone again! pic.twitter.com/zqG6R13q9Q

— Balance Patch (@balancepatch) March 10, 2021

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