Episode 118: News Feed, March 2017

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Episode 118: News Feed, March 2017

FromRadio Free Borderlands: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

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SYNOPSIS: News about e-tools, updated classics, miniatures, new products, and some rock & roll at Gen Con!

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Apr 1, 2017

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Radio Free Borderlands is a show about D&D spanning the entire run of the game. You will get the past, present, and future of the game, along with product reviews, retro reviews, gaming advice, talk on the culture of gamers, and whatever can be shoehorned into the overall narrative of D&D. No matter what edition you play, you will find topics on it.

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